Cnoc na Buaile

Cnoc na Buaile, known in English as Knocknabooly, derives its name from the Irish words for hill (cnoc) and cattle-fold or booley (buaile), reflecting the region's pastoral heritage of seasonal cattle grazing on hillside pastures. The townland is situated in the Civil Parish of Ennisnag, within the Barony of Knocktopher in the west of County Kilkenny. Ennisna parish developed as an agricultura...