Kilgobnet
| Kilgobnet TOWNLAND Irish: Cill Ghobnait | |
| County Kerry | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 52°3’48"N, 9°43’16"W |
| Grid reference: | V820915 |
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Kilgobnet is a townland in County Kerry.[1] Located near Killorglin,[2] it is overlooked by Ireland's highest mountain range, MacGillycuddy's Reeks and its highest mountain, Carrauntoohil.
The townland has an area of approximately 272 acres,[1] and had a population of 45 people as of the 2011 census.
The townland is named for a mediæval church, now in ruins,[3] traditionally associated with St Gobnait]].[4][5] In Irish the name is Cill Ghobnait, meaning 'Gobnet's Church'.[6]
Other archaeological sites in the townland include a possible Ogham stone and several standing stone and ring fort sites.[3][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kilgobnet Townland, Co. Kerry". https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/dunkerron-north/knockane/kilgobnet/kilgobnet/. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ↑ "Kilgobnet Biddies: Kerry parish's unique way of celebrating St Brigid's Day". Irish Examiner. 1 February 2023. https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41061185.html. Retrieved 16 March 2024. "the small townland of Kilgobnet, near Killorglin in Kerry"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2009. ISBN 0755776232.
- ↑ "Gobna(i)t". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. October 2009. doi:10.3318/dib.003502.v1. https://www.dib.ie/biography/gobnait-a3502. Retrieved 16 March 2024. "Gobna(i)t [..] was patron of many other churches. These included Kilgobnet (Cill Ghobnait/ Ghobnatan) in the parishes of Clondrohid, Kilshannig, and [..] Knockane in Co. Kerry"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 O'Sullivan, Ann; Sheehan, John, eds (1996). The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork: Cork University Press. ISBN 9780902561847.
- ↑ Cill Ghobnait / Kilgobnet: Placenames Database of Ireland