placenamesKnigh
An Cnaoi
Lewis recorded a quarry near the ruined castle in 1837.
Recorded locationKnigh52.90907° N · 8.20932° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- An Cnaoi · Irish · main form · validated name
- Knigh · English · main form
Place & story
Ruins and a quarry
Samuel Lewis recorded a limestone quarry near the remains of Knigh Castle in 1837. He also noted ivy-covered remains of the parish church. His short account places a source of building stone beside the ruined castle, within the Lower Ormond parish north of Nenagh. It does not establish that the quarry supplied either the castle or the church. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.90907, -8.20932
- Mapped area
- 18.36 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2199 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knigh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Knigh, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.