placenamesBrosna
Brosnach
Knockawinna links the parish with Denis Guiney’s early life. At Brosna West, a restored well preserves a locally recorded devotional practice.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Brosnach · Irish · main form
- Brosna · English · main form
Place & story
Denis Guiney at Knockawinna
Retailer Denis Guiney was born at Knockawinna in 1893, the son of Cornelius Guiney, a small farmer, and Julia Crowley. He attended Knockaclarig National School before beginning a drapery apprenticeship in Killorglin in 1908. His later career took him through other Munster towns to Dublin, where he opened a Talbot Street shop in 1921 and eventually acquired Clery’s. His precise parish connection is his birthplace and childhood, rather than the location of those later businesses. [2]
Prayer at the restored well
At Saint Moling’s well in Brosna West, the archaeological survey records a sign crediting restoration in 1998 to Brosna Heritage Group under sculptor James Scanlon. The sign describes a devotional round using five kneeling places, with decades of the Rosary, three circuits and sips of water taken from cupped hands. This is evidence for a locally commemorated practice; it does not establish the ritual’s age or any claimed healing effect. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Coordinates
- 52.32061, -9.30464
- Mapped area
- 48.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1060 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Brosna. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Guiney, Denis, a3674 · Peter Costello, Dictionary of Irish Biography
- Bullaun stone at Saint Moling’s well, KE032-009001-, field description and site sign, uploaded1June2022 · Caimin O’Brien, Archaeological Survey of Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.