placenamesGattabaun
An Geata Bán
Locally known as Gathabawn, this Kilkenny village has gathered its history through school records, photographs and community recollections.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Geata Bán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Gattabaun · English · main form
- Gathabawn · English · main form · local name
Place & story
School and barracks
The community history project described in 2012 traced the old school at Creenkillmore, used from 1841 to 1941. A replacement opened in 1942 nearer Gathabawn village, in Foyle North, retaining the official name Creenkill National School. The project also investigated the village’s former RIC barracks, built about 1820; its site later became the Millennium Garden. [2]
Reeling in the years
In 2012, a group of sixteen local researchers assembled a village history project with help from community elders and former hurlers. Residents contributed about 1,000 photographs and video recordings. The resulting DVD brought around 150 people into the church on the opening evening of the June reunion weekend, reconnecting former neighbours through images of local farming, sport and family occasions. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kilkenny
- Barony
- Galmoy
- Civil parish
- Balleen
- Civil parish
- Coolcashin
- Coordinates
- 52.77090, -7.46655 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 117011 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Gattabaun. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Coming home to Gathabawn and reel in a few old friends and meet some new ones — 19 May 2012 · Kilkenny People Editorial Team
- Rain can’t stop Gathabawn Reeling in the Years — 9 June 2012 · Kilkenny People Editorial Team
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.