Knockshigowna (Cnoc Sí Ghabhna in Irish) and often spelled "Knockshegowna" locally is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is east of Ballingarry in the civil parish of Ballingarry.[1]
Sport
editKnockshegowna GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballingarry, County Tipperary. The club are part of the North Tipperary GAA division. The club have been North Tipperary Junior Hurling Champions on nine occasions.[2][3]
In literature
editKnockshegowna Hill and its supposed fairies is the subject of Richard D'Alton Williams' poem The Fairies of Knockshegowna and The Legend of Knockshegowna by Thomas Crofton Croker. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is said to have referred to the hill.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Honours". Knockshegowna.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Fixtures". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ Schell, Cassandra M. (2009). "'In Fairyland or Thereabout': the fairy as nationalist symbol in Irish literature by and after William Allingham" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Knockshegowna". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ "Knockshegowna". iolfree.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
- ^ Keightley, T. (2007). The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. Forgotten Books. ISBN 9781605061887.
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