Knocktopher
Knocktopher is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated on the R713 road between the villages of Stoneyford to the north, and Ballyhale to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 166 residents
- Description: village in County Kilkenny, Ireland
- Also known as: “Knockstopher”, “Knocktofer”, and “Knocktover”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knocktopher Church and Scoil Aireagail.
Scoil Aireagail
School
Photo: Matthew.Oneill14, CC BY 3.0.
Scoil Aireagail is a mixed-gender secondary school in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is in the patronage of the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board.
Sheepstown Church
Ruins
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheepstown Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyhale and Hugginstown.
Ballyhale
Village
Ballyhale is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located south of the city of Kilkenny, about halfway to Waterford. The sport of hurling is popular in the area, and the local Gaelic Athletic Association team of Ballyhale Shamrocks are the most successful hurling club in All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship history.
Hugginstown
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hugginstown is a small village and townland in south County Kilkenny, Ireland. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Carrickshock GAA, play their home games in the village. Hugginstown is situated 4½ km southwest of Knocktopher.
Stoneyford
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoneyford, officially Stonyford is a small town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies on the R713 road some 14 km south of Kilkenny City. Stoneyford is a part of the parish of Aghaviller in the Diocese of Ossory. Stoneyford is situated 6 km north of Knocktopher.
Knocktopher
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.48616° or 52° 29′ 10″ northLongitude
-7.2177° or 7° 13′ 4″ westPopulation
166Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE KTHOpen location code
9C4JFQPJ+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 52241244OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Knocktopher” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Knocktopher”
- Cebuano: “Knocktopher”
- Dutch: “Knocktopher”
- French: “Knocktopher”
- German: “Knocktopher”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Tóchair”
- Polish: “Knocktopher”
- Russian: “Ноктофер”
- Spanish: “Knocktopher”
- Swedish: “Knocktopher”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knocktopher Cemetery and Trinity Well.
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