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Kilmacanogue
Kilmacanogue, officially Kilmacanoge (Irish: Cill Mocheanóg, meaning 'Mocheanóg's church'), is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is southwest of Bray and is overlooked by Great Sugar Loaf mountain.
The village lies between the Little Sugar Loaf to the east and the Great Sugar Loaf to the west in the northeastern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, near the Glen of the Downs.
Two small streams join in Kilmacanogue, behind the old Post Office (Donnelly's), to form the Kilmacanogue River, which flows into the River Dargle near the old "Silver Bridge" at Kilbride, approximately two miles to the north, just downstream of the confluence with the Cookstown River.[citation needed]
The village is named after Saint Mocheanog, a companion of Saint Patrick. According to legend, he baptised the Children of Lir just before their death.
On the morning of 1 January 1942, the German Luftwaffe dropped two magnetic mines near Kilmacanogue but they did not explode.
The village has two petrol stations, a primary school, a church, and an old coaching house dating back to the 19th century. The Plucks family, residents in the 19th and early 20th centuries, operated the coaching house where horses were changed on the route south to Wicklow. Charles Stewart Parnell was a frequent passenger on his way to his family house in Avondale – hence his moniker "The Blackbird of Avondale" – a ballad sung in his memory. It was not until 1861 that the railway was opened as far as Rathdrum, hence the need to travel by coach up to that time.
Avoca Handweavers have one of their earliest outlets at the northern end of the village. This is situated on the site of Glencormac House, which was completed in 1860 by the Jameson Whiskey family, who were originally from Scotland. The house became a hotel (Grade A, a precursor to five-star rated hotels) in the 1950s, but was razed to the ground in a fire that occurred in 1967.
The village lies on the junction of the R755 road to Roundwood and the N11 road, 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Bray town centre.[citation needed].
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Kilmacanogue
Kilmacanogue, officially Kilmacanoge (Irish: Cill Mocheanóg, meaning 'Mocheanóg's church'), is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is southwest of Bray and is overlooked by Great Sugar Loaf mountain.
The village lies between the Little Sugar Loaf to the east and the Great Sugar Loaf to the west in the northeastern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, near the Glen of the Downs.
Two small streams join in Kilmacanogue, behind the old Post Office (Donnelly's), to form the Kilmacanogue River, which flows into the River Dargle near the old "Silver Bridge" at Kilbride, approximately two miles to the north, just downstream of the confluence with the Cookstown River.[citation needed]
The village is named after Saint Mocheanog, a companion of Saint Patrick. According to legend, he baptised the Children of Lir just before their death.
On the morning of 1 January 1942, the German Luftwaffe dropped two magnetic mines near Kilmacanogue but they did not explode.
The village has two petrol stations, a primary school, a church, and an old coaching house dating back to the 19th century. The Plucks family, residents in the 19th and early 20th centuries, operated the coaching house where horses were changed on the route south to Wicklow. Charles Stewart Parnell was a frequent passenger on his way to his family house in Avondale – hence his moniker "The Blackbird of Avondale" – a ballad sung in his memory. It was not until 1861 that the railway was opened as far as Rathdrum, hence the need to travel by coach up to that time.
Avoca Handweavers have one of their earliest outlets at the northern end of the village. This is situated on the site of Glencormac House, which was completed in 1860 by the Jameson Whiskey family, who were originally from Scotland. The house became a hotel (Grade A, a precursor to five-star rated hotels) in the 1950s, but was razed to the ground in a fire that occurred in 1967.
The village lies on the junction of the R755 road to Roundwood and the N11 road, 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Bray town centre.[citation needed].
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