placenamesKnockanarrigan
Cnoc an Aragain
Knockanarrigan retains nineteenth-century rural buildings, while nearby Derrynamuck preserves the cottage associated with Michael Dwyer and Samuel McAllister.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cnoc an Aragain · Irish · main form · validated name
- Knockanarrigan · English · main form
Place & story
The school dated 1834
The Old School House in Knockanarrigan carries a granite date stone of 1834 above its entrance. Built with granite-rubble walls, it has a half-hipped slate roof and a small gabled entrance porch with decorative timberwork. The architectural inventory records its later conversion to a house and a substantial rear extension added in 2001. That work followed the earlier building's materials and style, preserving the former school's contribution to the hamlet. [2]
A mid-nineteenth-century farmhouse
A neighbouring farmhouse surveyed by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates approximately to 1840. Its three-bay, two-storey front stands behind a walled garden, with a rear projection and an attached outbuilding. Roughcast walls, a slate roof and brick chimneys define its appearance. The inventory notes later replacement windows and entrance fittings while recognising the survival of the building's overall form within its rural setting. [3]
Dwyer and McAllister at nearby Derrynamuck
At nearby Derrynamuck, beneath Keadeen Mountain, the Dwyer–McAllister Cottage commemorates an episode of the resistance following the 1798 Rebellion. Heritage Ireland's account describes British forces surrounding Michael Dwyer there in the winter of 1799. Samuel McAllister drew their fire and was killed, enabling Dwyer to escape across the snowy mountains. The cottage was subsequently ruined by fire and reconstructed in the twentieth century, becoming a setting for interpreting the period. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore
- Within
- Knockanarrigan
- Coordinates
- 52.97937, -6.58548 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412686 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knockanarrigan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old School House, Knockanarrigan, 16402104 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Knockanarrigan farmhouse, 16402105 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Dwyer McAllister Cottage · Office of Public Works, Heritage Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.