Baile an Chnocáin

Ballyknockan, derived from Buaile an Chnocáin (cattle-fold or milking-place of the hillock), occupies a townland in the civil parish of Bailte Bhuí (Boystown). Early Christian settlement is evidenced by an excavated relig (cemetery), and ringfort sites now submerged beneath Poulaphuca Reservoir indicate occupation through the medieval period. The village's modern significance crystallized arou...