placenamesKnockainy
Cnoc Áine
The architectural inventory records a former presbytery distinguished by its balustraded parapet and surviving sash windows.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cnoc Áine · Irish · main form · validated name
- Knockainy · English · main form
Place & story
A nineteenth-century priest’s residence
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates Knockainy’s old parochial house to about 1860. Recorded in December 2007, the former presbytery is a detached, two-storey building with three bays, a front porch and additions to the rear. A rendered parapet with balustrades shapes its front elevation. Timber sash windows and limestone sills survived when it was surveyed, while carved limestone gate piers framed the entrance. The inventory records its later use as a house, preserving evidence of a former clerical residence alongside the area’s church buildings. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Coordinates
- 52.47461, -8.48920
- Mapped area
- 37.46 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1623 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knockainy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old Parochial House, Knockainy, NIAH 21903219; recorded 19 December 2007 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.