Hugginstown
| Hugginstown Irish: Baile hUgúin | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Buildings in Hugginstown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S509336 |
| Location: | 52°27’6"N, 7°15’6"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Callan |
| Dáil constituency: |
Carlow–Kilkenny |
Hugginstown, also formerly 'Ballyhuggin'[1] is a small village and townland in the south of County Kilkenny, between the cities of Kilkenny and Waterford.
The village is a designated Special Area of Conservation.[2]
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, fulacht fiadh and enclosure sites in the townlands of Hugginstown and Carrickmerlin.[3] Within the village is a burial ground and the ruin of a former Roman Catholic church, dating to c. 1800.[4] The modern church, the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, is nearby.
In 1831, during the Tithe War, 17 people were killed near Hugginstown in an incident sometimes known as the Battle of Carrickshock.[5] In March 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, the Hugginstown Company of the Irish Republican Army captured the local Royal Irish Constabulary barracks.[6][7] An RIC officer, Thomas Ryan, was fatally wounded during the attack.[8][9]
Sport and leisure
- Gaelic sports: Carrickshock GAA, who play their home games in the village
References
- ↑ Baile Hugúin / Hugginstown: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ "Hugginstown Fen SAC". National Parks and Wildlife Service. https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000404. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Kilkenny. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1995. https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Kilkenny-Manual-(1996)-0022.pdf.
- ↑ "Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Hugginstown, Hugginstown, Kilkenny". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/12403114/catholic-church-of-the-most-holy-trinity-hugginstown-hugginstown-kilkenny. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ "Kilkenny remembers 'Battle of Carrickshock' on 190th anniversary". https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/content/local-news/712739/gallery-kilkenny-remembers-battle-of-carrickshock-on-190th-anniversary.html. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ "Hugginstown, County Kilkenny Commemorative Plaque". Kilkenny Digital Archive. Kilkenny County Council. https://digital-archive.kilkenny.ie/index.php/items/show/1777. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ↑ "The first RIC barracks capture in Leinster – Hugginstown, March 1920". https://kilkennylibrary.ie/eng/our_services/decade-of-centenaries-resources/the-first-ric-barracks-capture-in-leinster-hugginstown/. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ "Chronology of Irish History 1919-1923 – March 1920". 22 August 1920. http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/march_1920.htm.
- ↑ "Local re-enactors gather for War of Independence memorial ceremony". New Ross Standard. 28 March 2020. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/local-re-enactors-gather-for-war-of-independence-memorial-ceremony/39069731.html. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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