Knockshigowna
Knockshigowna (Cnoc Sí Ghabhna in Irish) and often spelled “Knockshegowna” locally is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is east of Ballingarry in the civil parish of Ballingarry.[1]
Sport
Knockshegowna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballingarry, County Tipperary. The club are part of the North Tipperary GAA division. The club have been North Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions on nine occasions.[2][3]
In literature
Knockshegowna Hill and its supposed fairies is the subject of Richard D'Alton Williams' poem The Fairies of Knockshegowna and The Legend of Knockshegowna by Thomas Crofton Croker. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is said to have referred to the hill.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ "Honours". Knockshegowna.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Fixtures". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172456/http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2009/cassandra_m_schell/Schell_Cassandra_M_200901_MA.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
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- ^ Keightley, T. (2007). The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. Forgotten Books. ISBN 9781605061887.
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