Danesfort (Irish: Dún Feart, meaning 'fort of the grave mound')[2] is a civil parish, electoral division and rural townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road), the M9 motorway also passes through Danesfort townland.
Danesfort
Dún Feart | |
|---|---|
Civil parish | |
 Saint Michael's Catholic church in Danesfort | |
  Danesfort Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°33′N 7°15′W / 52.550°N 7.250°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Population (2011)[1] | 99 |
| (Danesfort townland) | |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
The area has a primary school, Roman Catholic church (including graveyard), creche, community centre and a care home for the elderly. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is Danesfort GAA.[3] A holy well, known as Lady's Well, is in Ballyda townland in Danesfort parish.
Location
editDanesfort townland is in a civil parish and electoral division of the same name, in the historical barony of Shillelogher.[4] For census purposes, parts of the electoral division of Danesfort were included within the census area of Bennettsbridge, a nearby town, in the 2006 census.[5]
Danesfort is included within Kilkenny City for the purposes of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) structures, and the local credit union is the St. Canice's Kilkenny City Credit Union.[citation needed]
The local Catholic church, St Michael's Church in Danesfort, is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "CD158 - Kilkenny Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. CSO. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
Population [..] Townlands [..] Danesfort, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny: 99
- ^ "Dún Feart / Danesfort". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Clubs - Danesfort". kilkennygaa.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Danesfort Townland, Co. Kilkenny". townlands.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Table 5 - Population of Towns ordered by County and size, 2002 and 2006" (PDF). CSO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Parishes - Danesfort". ossory.ie. Ossory Diocese. Retrieved 9 August 2024.