Johnswell
Tobar Eoin | |
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Village | |
![]() Johnswell Church | |
Coordinates: 52°42′12″N 7°10′12″W / 52.703214°N 7.169974°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Website | www |
Johnswell (Irish: Tobar Eoin)[1] is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" (religious fair) of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires.
Maureen Hegarty (1 September 1921 – 14 January 2016), who was a local historian and president of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, grew up there.
Notable people
- Maureen Hegarty (1921–2016), local historian
See also
References
- ^ "Tobar Eoin/Johnswell". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 7 October 2021.