Waterford Placenames

Placename : Ballygunner

Administrative Details:

• Barony : Gaultiere

Description:
The parish takes its name from Ballygunner townland on which the Church (now in ruins) stood. This church was originally dedicated to a St. Mochorog, Confessor, whom we may safely regard as its founder. Mochorog, like many of the early church founders of our eastern and south-eastern seaboard, appears to have been a Briton, and son of Branchan, a British prince. At any rate such was the reputed nationality and parentage of the Saint Mochorog who is honoured at Delgany, Co. Wicklow. This Mochorog of Delgany is stated to have assisted St. Kevin when the latter lay dying.

Old Irish Typeface

Parish Location Map:

Townlands:
Ballygunnercastle, Ballygunnermore, Ballygunnertemple, Ballymaclode, Callaghane, Knockboy,

Related Resources

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Online Books and Journals
Full-text monographs, journals, and articles of Waterford Interest include useful resources for Affane:

• The Place-Names of Decies by Patrick Power. (Dublin; Cork University Press, 1952)
• Parish Files [Waterford County Library]
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1843-44 [Waterford extracts]
• Ordnance Survey Letters [1841] by John O'Donovan
• Irish Tourist Authority Survey [1941-45]

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