Muiceanach

Muckanagh lies in the Barony of Kilkenny West, an administrative division named for the civil parish of Kilkenny West (Cill Chainnigh, Church of St. Cainnech). The barony occupies lands approximately 5.5 miles northeast of Athlone, bordering Lough Ree to the west. St. Cainnech, a contemporary of St. Columba in the sixth century, established monastic foundations across the midlands and is record...