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52: 1176: 909: 68: 317: 75: 231:'s extensive survey of place names of County Wicklow his earliest record of Knockananna is dated 1714 using the current spelling. A 1715 record uses Knockannana. The Straughan family deeds use a different spelling; Knockinana in 1717. Finally the village name shown in A.R. Neville's Map of County Wicklow from circa 1810 is Knockanana. An 286:) was born in the area in 1899. He was a member of Michael Collins's assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920. Kehoe himself died from severe wounds he received while attempting to remove a booby trapped land mine during the civil war in 279:. He was interred in the old church in Knockananna. The old church was renamed the Blanchelle Centre in his honour. The village is served by the Church of the Immaculate Conception which was built in 1978. 532: 855: 630: 1145: 1240: 1221: 578: 239:
making Knockànanna to provide a guide to proper stressing in pronouncing the name correctly. Price mentions two local names: Boorawn being derived from
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During the late 18th century and early 19th century a priest by the name of Fr. John Blanchfield (Blanchvelle) was active in Knockananna and
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from at least 1927, under Ballinglen until its closure on 5 March 2010. The Knockananna post office came under the auspices of
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The Place-names of Co. Wicklow: The Barony of Ballinacor South, Volume 2
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Schollmayer, Manfred (Summer 2016). "Post Office Closures 1990–214".
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There is a grocery shop and a pub in the village. The village has a
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until 2022 after her son Shane had committed suicide, the singer
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Knockananna lies close to the border between County Wicklow and
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Decorated car of a GAA fan at the annual Knockananna festival
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Irish
Centre of Knockananna
Knockananna is located in Ireland
52°52′26″N 6°29′35″W / 52.874000°N 6.493000°W / 52.874000; -6.493000
Ireland
Province
Leinster
County
County Wicklow
Irish Grid Reference
T010814
Irish
County Wicklow
Ireland
Roundwood
Liam Price
grave accent
County Carlow
Moyne
Wicklow Way
Hacketstown
Free State Forces
Macroom
Órla Fallon
COVID-19 Pandemic
Sinéad O'Connor

GAA
post office
Arklow

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