The Rower
| The Rower Irish: An Robhar | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
 Entering The Rower | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S708341 |
| Location: | 52°27’16"N, 6°57’31"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Carlow–Kilkenny |
Rower or The Rower is a small village in County Kilkenny, on the R705 regional road, roughly 18 miles from both Waterford and Kilkenny, in the Barony of Ida. It stands on the slopes of Brandon Hill and Cullintra Hill.
History
Also historically as Roar, Rowar or Tamplerowar, Rower was a parish in the historical. Within its limits was Ringwood, the seat of Lord Clifden, and an ancient residence of the Bolger family. The parish comprised 10,508 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which about 1,000 acre consist of mountain, and a small portion of bog.[1]
Nearby sites listed in the Record of Monuments and Places include a large circular enclosure or rath, recorded as a "possible ecclesiastical enclosure".[2] Immediately to the south-west of this site is the ruined 19th century church and graveyard of the Rower Church.[3]
About the village
There are two churches, a Gaelic Athletic Association field and community hall. The ruined castle of Coolhill, said to have belonged to the Butler family, is nearby; and there are several broken dolmens in the vicinity of Ballinabarna.
- Gaelic sport: Rower-Inistioge GAA
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topgrahical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis. p. 540. http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/index.php.
- ↑ "Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 – County Kilkenny". OPW. 1996. https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Kilkenny-Manual-(1996)-0022.pdf. "KK033-03101- 033-/15/3 27097/13418 FARRANTEMPLE [..] Ecclesiastical Enclosure Possible"
- ↑ "The Rower Church, Farrantemple, County Kilkenny". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/12324001/the-rower-church-farrantemple-county-kilkenny.
- An Robhar / The Rower: Placenames Database of Ireland