world.wikisort.org - Ireland

Inistioge (/ɪnɪʃˈtiːɡ/; Irish: Inis Tíog[2]) is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated on the River Nore, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Kilkenny. Historically, the name has been spelt as Ennistioge, Ennisteage, and in other ways.

Inistioge Inis Tíog
Village
The bridge in Inistioge
Inistioge Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°29′N 7°04′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Kilkenny
Population  (2016)[1]	285
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Website	www.inistioge.ie

Situated along the River Nore, Inistioge is entered by crossing a 10 arch stone bridge. The village has a tree-lined square and a number of 18th and 19th century homes along the river. Inistioge and its village green have been used as a filming location for a number of films.

The Woodstock Estate is located one mile (1.6 km) outside the village.

History

The earliest recorded reference to Inistioge refers to a battle between the kingdom of Osraighi and an army of Norsemen, recorded as taking place in the year AD 962 in the Annals of the Four Masters.[3] The core square of the village was a planned estate village by the Tighe family of the Woodstock Estate.[4]

Inistioge was previously a borough, sending two members to the Irish House of Commons.[5][6]

Woodstock Estate

Woodstock was an estate of 22,000 acres, spread across 5 counties, with the main house near Inistioge. In the centre of the village square there is a fountain which Lady Louisa Tighe (1803-1900), who spent seventy-five years at Woodstock, erected in memory of her late husband. The base of a cross, erected in 1621 to the memory of Baron David Fitzgerald and his wife, is nearby. The cross itself went missing and is said to have been deliberately destroyed by the Yeoman in 1798. The fountain still stands today, and it is inscribed “Erected by Louisa M. Tighe in memory of her beloved husband A.D. 1879”.[7]

Public transport

The main bus route serving the village is Kilbride Coaches' New Ross - Thomastown - Kilkenny route.[8] Bus Éireann route 374 provides a journey in each direction along the New Ross - Thomastown - Kilkenny route.[9] Bus Éireann and JJ Kavanagh and Sons operate several journeys daily from Thomastown (8.5 kilometres away) to Dublin, Dublin Airport, Carlow and Waterford. Bus services to Rosslare Europort are available from New Ross.[10]

The nearest station is Thomastown railway station on the Waterford-Kilkenny-Dublin line. It is nine kilometres distant.^{[citation needed]}

Film

Inistioge, and its village green, has been the scene for a number of films, including Circle of Friends, The Secret Scripture and Widows' Peak.[11]

Sport

The Gaelic Athletic Association club Rower-Inistioge GAA has its home ground here. The club has had a number of All Ireland medal-winning players including Eddie Keher, Sean Cummins, Kieran Joyce, Liam Tierney and Liam Naddy.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

George Browne, Manchester based communist and member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War was born at Ballyneale outside Inistioge in 1906. He was killed in the Battle of Brunete, Spain in 1937. An annual George Brown memorial weekend has been held in Inistioge since 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Nora Sands, of Jamie's School Dinners, is a native of the area.[12]

Lieutenant Walter R.P. Hamilton V.C., leader of the Guides at the Residency in Kabul, who was killed during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, came from here.^{[citation needed]}

Judge Peter Smithwick, President of the District Court.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kilkenny)
• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Further reading

• Hughes, J.J. (1948). "Inistioge" (PDF). Old Kilkenny Review. Kilkenny: 42–47.
• Birthistle, Dorcas (1969). "Inistioge". Old Kilkenny Review. Kilkenny: 31–47.
• Coyle, Tom (1969). "Inistioge District". Old Kilkenny Review. Kilkenny: 17–30.
• Manning, Conleth (1976). "The Inistioge Priory Cloister Arcade". Old Kilkenny Review. Kilkenny: 192–199.
• Dyer, John S (1998). "The almshouse at Inistioge". Old Kilkenny Review. Kilkenny: 43–47.

References

External links

• Inistioge - Jewel of the South East
• Rootsweb.ancestry.com - The Ten Arch Stone Bridge Entrance to Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland: A Town Situated on the Banks of the River Nore

На других языках

---

- [en] Inistioge

---

[ru] Иништиг

Иништиг[2] (англ. Inistioge [ɪnɪʃˈtiːɡ]; ирл. Inis Tíog) — деревня в Ирландии, находится в графстве Килкенни (провинция Ленстер).

---

---