Dunnamaggin

Dunnamaggin (officially Dunnamaggan; Irish: Dún Iomagáin, meaning 'Fort of Iomagán'[1]) is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, Ireland, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny. Dunnamaggan gives its name to a civil parish,[2] an electoral division,[3] and the townlands of Dunnamaggan East and West.[4]

Dunnamaggin
Dún Iomagáin
Village
Dunnamaggin is located in Ireland
Dunnamaggin
Dunnamaggin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°30′11″N 7°18′01″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kilkenny
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceS4754939300
Websitedkk.ie

Dunnamaggin has a national school and a credit union.[5] It gives its name to the Catholic parish, which also includes the villages of Kilmoganny and Kells.[6] Dunnamaggin GAA club, based on the Catholic parish, has its ground in Dunnamaggin.

Name

In the nineteenth century Eugene O'Curry and John O'Donovan both rendered the name into Irish as Dún na mBogán "Fort of the [softness]", the last word interpreted by O'Curry as "soft eggs" and by O'Donovan as "bogs".[7]

References
  1. "Dún Iomagáin/Dunnamaggan (population centre) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. "Dún Iomagáin/Dunnamaggan (civil parish) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. "Dún Iomagáin/Dunnamaggan (electoral district) Kilkenny". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. "Townlands in parish of Dunnamaggin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  5. "Credit Union Locator - Credit Union.ie - The Irish League of Credit Unions". Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
  6. "Dunamaggan". Parish Details. Ossory Diocese. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  7. Phelan, Mrs. W.J. (1952). "Dunamaggin". Old Kilkenny Review (5): 44–47.


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