Kilgobnet, County Kerry

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Kilgobnet (Irish : Cill Ghobnait, meaning "St. Gobnet's Church") [1] is a townland and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland. [2] Located near Killorglin, [3] it is overlooked by the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range. [4] Kilgobnet townland, which is in the civil parish of Knockane, has an area of approximately 1.1 square kilometres (0.42 sq mi). [2] It had a population of 45 people as of the 2011 census. [5]

The townland is named for a medieval church, now in ruins, [6] traditionally associated with St. Gobnait. [7] [8] Other archaeological sites in the townland include a possible Ogham stone and several standing stone and ring fort sites. [6] [8]

The local national (primary) school, Kilgobnet National School, was built in the 1980s to replace an earlier 19th century building. [9] As of 2024, it had an enrollment of 82 pupils. [10]

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  2. 1 2 "Kilgobnet Townland, Co. Kerry". townlands.ie. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. "Kilgobnet Biddies: Kerry parish's unique way of celebrating St Brigid's Day". Irish Examiner. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024. the small townland of Kilgobnet, near Killorglin in Kerry
  4. "'This is mighty': Biddy returns to Kilgobnet homes". rte.ie. RTÉ News. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024. Kilgobnet is [..] sitting between wild mountain terrain of the Macgillycuddy Reeks and the gentle flow of the river Laune
  5. "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 16 March 2024. Population [..] Townlands [..] Kilgobnet, Kilgobnet, Co. Kerry [..] 45
  6. 1 2 Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2009. ISBN   0755776232.
  7. "Gobna(i)t". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. October 2009. doi:10.3318/dib.003502.v1 . Retrieved 16 March 2024. Gobna(i)t [..] was patron of many other churches. These included Kilgobnet (Cill Ghobnait/ Ghobnatan) in the parishes of Clondrohid, Kilshannig, and [..] Knockane in Co. Kerry
  8. 1 2 O'Sullivan, Ann; Sheehan, John, eds. (1996). The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork: Cork University Press. ISBN   9780902561847.
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  10. "Directory Page - Kilgobnet N S". gov.ie. Department of Education. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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