Columbkille, County Kilkenny

Columbkille (Irish: Cill Cholm Cille)[3] is a civil parish and townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[3] Located near Thomastown,[1] it is in the historical barony of Gowran.[4] Evidence of historical settlement in Columkille townland itself include a number of fulacht fiadh sites, a reputed holy well,[5] and a graveyard and ruined church in an ecclesiastical enclosure.[2][6][7] Other townlands within Columbkille civil parish include Ballyroe, Carrickmourne, Dangan, Jackstown, Kilcullen, Kiljames (Upper and Lower), Kilmurry, Ruppa and Mungmacody.[4][5]

The old graveyard in Columbkille contains a number of 18th century graves and several recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission[1][2]

References
  1. "Columkille, Thomastown" (PDF). kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2023. KK028-043002
  2. "Colmcille's Graveyard". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. "Cill Cholm Cille / Columbkille". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. "Civil Parish of Columbkille, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. Carrigan, William (1905). "Columbkille". The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume IV. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. p. 272.
  6. Record of Monuments and Places, County Kilkenny (PDF). National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996. p. 28. KK028-043--- [..] Columbkille [..] Ecclesiastical remains [..] Church [..] Graveyard [..] Holy Well [..] Cross [..] KK028-050--- [..] Columbkille [..] Fulacht Fiadh
  7. "Columbkille's, Kilkenny, Ireland". historicgraves.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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