Knockananna
Knockananna (Irish: Cnoc an Eanaigh, meaning "hill of the marsh") is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Knockananna Cnoc an Eanaigh | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Centre of Knockananna | |
  Knockananna Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°52′26″N 6°29′35″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Wicklow |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | T010814 |
The village has a GAA team and the club colours are red and white.
Knockananna lies close to the border between County Wicklow and County Carlow. The village is the centre of a dispersed farming area, 2km to the north-west of Moyne and the Wicklow Way. There is a grocery shop and a pub in the village.
Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe (Free State Forces) was born in the area in 1899. He was a member of Michael Collins's assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920. Kehoe himself was killed in an engagement in Macroom in September 1922.
External links
- Knockananna GAA information at the Wicklow GAA website
- https://www.customhousecommemoration.com/2017/05/13/tom-kehoe-keogh/
- http://photopol.com/knockananna/knockananna.html
Decorated car of a GAA fan at the annual Knockananna festival
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