Fiddown
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| Fiddown Irish: Fiodh Dúin | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
.jpg) An old toll house at Fiddown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S467200 |
| Location: | 52°19’49"N, 7°18’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 369 |
| Local Government | |
Fiddown is a small village in County Kilkenny, in the south of the county, just off the N24 road, 23 miles south of Kilkenny city. The name is from the Irish Fiodh Dúin, meaning 'Wood of the fort'.[1]
The village is on the banks of the River Suir, near the border with County Waterford to which the village is connected by way of the Fiddown Bridge.[2] Carrick-on-Suir is four and a half miles to the west, and Waterford city is ten miles to the east.
Fiddown was the site of a 6th-century monastery, associated with the monk Maidoc or Momodoc, which was located near the river crossing.
Fiddown Island nearby is a nature reserve in the River Suir.
References
- ↑ Fiodh Dúin / Fiddown: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ "Fiddown Bridge, Fiddown, County Kilkenny". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/12327009/fiddown-bridge-fiddown-county-kilkenny.