Flagmount

Flagmount
Sliabh na Licé
Town
Flagmount

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°39′38″N 7°05′42″W / 52.66057°N 7.095022°W / 52.66057; -7.095022Coordinates: 52°39′38″N 7°05′42″W / 52.66057°N 7.095022°W / 52.66057; -7.095022
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Kilkenny
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference S615562

Flagmount (Irish: An Leac Gharbh, meaning "rough flat stone or rock") is a townland located within the parish of Gowran and on the R712 National primary road, (formerly the N10 National Primary Route) in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

It is divided into Flagmount North and South with a total area of 452 acres (1.83 km2).[1][2][3]

History

It was the southern most point of territory of the Ó Cearbhaill part of Ely O'Carroll in Éile.[4]

Transportation

The M9 motorway between Dublin and Waterford which passes through Flagmount was opened in September 2010. The new bridge crossing over the motorway was opened to traffic in March 2010.

See also

Notes

  1. "An Leac Gharbh Theas/Flagmount South". logainm.ie. Government of Ireland.
  2. Census (1861). General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. 451–452. ISBN 9780806310527.
  3. "An Leac Gharbh Thuaidh/Flagmount North". logainm.ie. Government of Ireland.
  4. (Cronnelly 1865, p. 397)

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