Dunnamaggin
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| Dunnamaggin Irish: Dún Iomagáin | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
 Dunnamaggin, on the R699 road | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S475393 |
| Location: | 52°30’11"N, 7°18’1"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Website: | http://dkk.ie |
Dunnamaggin or Dunnamaggan; is a small village in the south County Kilkenny, on the R699 road between Callan and Knocktopher, east of its intersection with the R697 between Kells and Kilmoganny.[1] and the townlands of Dunnamaggan East and West.
Name
The name Dún Iomagáin means 'Fort of Iomagán'.[2])
In the nineteenth century however, Eugene O'Curry and John O'Donovan both rendered the name into Irish as Dún na mBogán, meaning "Fort of the [softness]". The last word interpreted by O'Curry as "soft eggs" and by O'Donovan as "bogs".[3]
Sport
- Dunnamaggin GAA has its ground in Dunnamaggin.
References
- ↑ Dún Iomagáin / Dunnamaggan: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Dún Iomagáin / Dunnamaggan: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Phelan, Mrs. W.J. (1952). "Dunamaggin". Old Kilkenny Review (5): 44–47.
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