Knocknagoshel
| Knocknagoshel Irish: Cnoc na gCaiseal | |
| County Kerry | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | R055208 |
| Location: | 52°19’53"N, 9°22’53"W |
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Knocknagoshel or Knocknagashel is a village in County Kerry. It is around nine miles south-east of Listowel.
The 2011 census recorded the population of the Knocknagashel Electoral Division (which includes the village and approximately 40 km2 of the surrounding rural hinterland) was 697.
The name of the village is from the Irish Cnoc na gCaiseal, meaning 'Hill of the stone ringforts'.[1][2]
History
Knocknagoshel is a village in north-east County Kerry, close to the borders with counties Limerick and Cork. In August 1916, Cardinal Cassata granted power to Bishop John Mangan to establish a parish in Knocknagoshel, having formerly being part of Brosna parish.[3]
A banner, carried by local men at a rally addressed by politician Charles Stewart Parnell in Newcastle West in 1891, made reference to Knocknagoshel. The banner, which read "Arise Knocknagoshel, and take your place among the nations of the earth!", is commemorated by a plaque on the gable end of a house in the centre of Knocknagoshel village.[4]
Just outside the village is a steeply inclined field, which in 1923 was part of Baranarigh Wood, where five soldiers of the Irish Free State Army were killed by a booby trap mine on 6 March of that year during the Irish Civil War.
Culture
The annual pattern festival, known locally as "the pattern" is held on 15 August. The word pattern comes from the Irish "patrun" or English "patron", with a visit to the holy well dedicated to the local saint. In the evening, the families of Knocknagoshel compete in a ribbon twirling competition.
The Nelius O'Connor Traditional Music Festival takes place in July each year, with musicians, singers and storytellers invited to take part.
The Spike Players is a local drama group which started with a variety show in 2010.
Literature
Works based in Knocknagoshel include Gander at the Gate by Rory O'Connor[5] and Tomorrow Was Another Day by Seamus O'Connor.[6]
Sport
- Gaelic games: Knocknagoshel GAA, founded in 1932
References
- ↑ Cnoc na gCaiseal / Knocknagashel: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ An Foclóir Beag. Caiseal lookup
- ↑ "Arise Knocknagoshel ....." (in en-US). 2016-05-24. https://mykerryancestors.com/arise-knocknagoshel/.
- ↑ "Knocknagoshel - GoKerry". Archived from the original. Template:Citation error. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930154117/http://www.gokerry.ie/locations/knocknagoshel/.
- ↑ "OConnor, Rory / Gander at the Gate PB" (in en). https://thebookshop.ie/oconnor-rory-gander-at-the-gate-pb/.
- ↑ Matson, Leslie (1988). Butler, Hubert; O'Connor, Séamus; Taylor, Alice. eds. "The Past with Passion". Books Ireland (128): 211–213. doi:10.2307/20626092. SSN 0376-6039. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20626092.