Kilfane
Kilfane (Irish: Cill Pháin) is a combination of two townlands located outside of Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.[1] It is made up of the townlands of Kilfane East and West with a total area of 75 acres (0.30 km2).[2][3][4] Located in the barony of Gowran, Kilfane gives its name to the wider civil parish which contains 16 townlands. It is in the Roman Catholic parish of Tullaherin.
Kilfane
Cill Pháin | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
  Kilfane Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°33′25″N 7°08′34″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| barony | Gowran |
| Civil parish | Kilfane (Kilfane) |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • Body | Kilkenny County Council |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST / WEST) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S 59 45 |
This is also the site of the 13th-century Kilfane Church, now in ruins, which has an adjoining castellated presbytery or stone house. There are traces of the original consecration crosses to be seen, the ogee headed doorways, remains of the altar, sedilia and book rest. Inside the ruined church on the North Wall is the effigy of a Norman Knight in full armour. It is referred to as Cantwell Fada and this effigy is the tallest of its kind in Britain or Ireland.[5]
Kilfane House was the seat of the Power family who were responsible for the creation of Kilfane Glen and Waterfall which is now a tourist attraction containing a romantic era (Romanticism) garden and waterfall [6]
There is also a Gaelic Handball alley constructed in Kilfane quarry in the 1920s [7]
References
Footnotes
- (Fiontar 2008, Cill Pháin/Kilfane )
- (Fiontar 2008, Cill Pháin Thoir/Kilfane East)
- (Fiontar 2008, Cill Pháin Thiar/Kilfane West)
- Census (1861). General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 451–452. ISBN 9780806310527.
- In the Shadow of the Steeple - No.2 (published 1990) Pg 51
- "Kilfane Glen and Waterfall".
- In the Shadow of the Steeple - No.1 (out of print) Pg 13
Sources
- Fiontar (2008). "Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.