Cill Mhucraise

Kilmuckridge, in County Wexford, derives from the Irish Cill Mhucraise, where 'cill' refers to a churchyard or graveyard. The place name originally designated a small road junction approximately 1.5 kilometres from the present village centre, at the site of the Church of Ireland church. Earlier maps refer to the area by the anglicised name Ford or The Ford, though this designation gradually fel...