Carrigeen
town in Leinster, Ireland
Carrigeen (Irish: Carraigín, meaning 'little rock') is a village to the south-east of Mooncoin in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Carrigeen is situated on a hillock within the Suir Valley. Within the village is St. Kevin's Church (in the Catholic parish of Mooncoin) and a national (primary) school. The grounds of Carrigeen GAA club are nearby.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, megalithic tomb and ring barrow sites in the townlands of Luffany, Licketstown, Ballygorey, Ballinlough and Corluddy. Carrigeen village is also close to settlements at Licketstown and Glengrant, which date to Norman times.
Other local historic landmarks include Grannagh and Corluddy Castle (from Cor loda meaning 'round hill of the mine'). Corluddy Castle is a Norman-era tower house, the ruins of which are on a hill to the southeast of the village overlooking the River Suir. The Grant family, who were landlords of Glengrant townland, lived there until the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland (1649).
“Carrigeen” enters the record as town in Leinster, Ireland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Carrigeen, town and Leinster can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4215028. Authority coordinates are 52.269, -7.208. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1649.
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