Danesfort
Townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland
Townland in Leinster, Ireland
Danesfort Dún Feart | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
 Lady's Well in Ballyda townland, Danesfort | |
| 52°33′N 7°15′W / 52.550°N 7.250°W / 52.550; -7.250 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Population (2011)[1] | 99 |
| (Danesfort townland) | |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
Danesfort (Irish: Dún Feart, meaning 'fort of the grave mound')[2] is a rural townland and electoral division in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road). The M9 motorway also passes through the townland. Danesfort is also the name of a civil parish in County Kilkenny.[3]
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.[4]
Location
Danesfort townland is in a civil parish and electoral division of the same name, in the historical barony of Shillelogher.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "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 7 October 2021.
townland [..] Dún Feart [..] Danesfort
- ^ "Dún Feart/Danesfort". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
civil parish [..] Dún Feart [..] Danesfort
- ^ "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.
