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Kilkenny is the 16th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area and the 21st-largest in terms of population. [6] It is the third-largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size, the seventh-largest in terms of population, and has a population density of 50 people per km2.
It is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland (coded IE052). [1] [2] It comprises the counties of Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford and the city and county of Waterford. The South-East spans 7,198 km 2, 10.2% of the total area of the state and according to the 2016 census had a population of 422,062.
Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') [2] is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [3] It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2022 census gave the population of Kilkenny as 27,184, the thirteenth-largest urban ...
Moneenroe (from Irish An Móinín Rua, meaning 'the little red bog') [2] is a townland, electoral division and village in north County Kilkenny, Ireland.It is located in the province of Leinster along the N78 road about 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Kilkenny city in the south-east of the island of Ireland.
The town is situated at a bridging point on the River Nore 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the city of Kilkenny. The R448 Naas–Waterford road passes through Thomastown and the town is serviced by buses and has a railway station. It is part of the local electoral area of Callan–Thomastown for elections to Kilkenny County Council. [3]
It is home to a primary school, post office, a pub, 2 churches, a GAA field and a local shop called Morans or locally known as Pete's. The village is at the junction of the R697 and R701 roads. Kilmoganny is in the Diocese of Ossory, in the civil parish of Kilmaganny. [2] St. Eoghan's Catholic church is in the parish of Dunnamaggin. [4] St.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846 states "as it lies on the left bank of the Suir, which, for the most part, divides co. Waterford from co. Kilkenny, most topographists mistakenly assign it to the barony of Ida, co. Kilkenny". It is now partly in County Kilkenny and partly in Waterford City.
The Castlecomer Plateau, or 'South Leinster Coalfield', is an upland area in the North of County Kilkenny, Ireland, extending into County Laois and County Carlow at its northern edge. The plateau is bounded on the east and south by the R448 regional road , on the west by the N77 .