placenamesKnockgraffon
Cnoc Rafann
Lewis’s description distinguishes surviving remains from a conjectured former settlement.
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 Rafann · Irish · main form · validated name
- Knockgraffon · English · main form
Place & story
A conspicuous group of remains
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Knockgraffon’s large, elevated mound as a conspicuous feature of the landscape. Beside it stood the ruins of an old church and a castle. He also recorded a supposition that a town or substantial village had formerly occupied the site. That last statement was presented as a possibility, rather than a demonstrated settlement history. His account documents the grouping of mound, church and castle ruins without supplying their construction dates or establishing the size of any earlier community. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Coordinates
- 52.43646, -7.87353 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 40.09 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2303 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Knockgraffon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Knockgraffon: 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.