Windgap, County Kilkenny

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Windgap Beárna na Gaoithe
Town
Windgap Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°27′51″N 7°23′55″W / 52.464167°N 7.398611°W / 52.464167; -7.398611Coordinates: 52°27′51″N 7°23′55″W / 52.464167°N 7.398611°W / 52.464167; -7.398611
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kilkenny
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Fáilte go Bearna na Gaoithe

Left off the N76 road

Windgap (Irish: Bearna na Gaoithe, meaning "the wind gap"), is a village in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. Windgap is located in the South Western part of Kilkenny on the border with Tipperary just south of Callan, Kilkenny. The village is located on the R689 regional road, the nearest main road being the N76 from Kilkenny to Clonmel.

Windgap was named for its location on a pass through hills east of Slievenamon. The landscape of Windgap is dominated by steep hills and large wooded areas. Windgap lies in a former slate-quarrying district spanning the Kilkenny Tipperary border. Today agriculture is Windgap's main economic activity, with dairy products as the main export. The most notable buildings in Windgap are its nineteenth century graveyard, Old League House which once served as a home for poor tenant farmers (see Irish National Land League) and early 20th century grotto.

Those who hail from the village are sometimes referred to as 'Gappers'.

History

Land League House, Windgap, 1881–1979

The Old (Land) League House

Culture

The Mayor of Windgap, is an 1834 novel by Michael Banim set in Windgap in 1779.^[1]

Windgap is also referred to in 1907 book The Placenames of the Decies by Rev. P. Power.

Sport

Windgap GAA club was founded in 1954 following the advent of the one Parish Rule in the County. Gaelic Games have been played in the area since the 1890s. In the early days it was a famous football stronghold. It had previously delved into hurling with the Slatequarries in 1929 and St. Joseph 's in Tullahought in the 1940s. Handball first made its appearance in the Slatequarries in the early 1900s before it quickly spread to Windgap. Camogie started in Lamogue in the 1920s and was played in many areas of the parish with teams representing Windgap and Tullahought at various stages. Ladies Football was played in the area for a time in the 1970s with a team in Tullahought. Windgap Camogie Club that was founded in 1994 and Windgap Handball Club in 1984.^[2] There was an amalgamation of Galmoy and Windgap in 2005 and they were Minor B League Champions in 2006.

References

Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Original from Harvard University: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. .
Clark, Samuel; James S. Donnelly (1983). Irish Peasants: Violence & Political Unrest, 1780–1914. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-09374-3. .
Banim, John (1835). The Mayor of Wind-gap. Baudry's European Library. .

External links

Windgap GAA

Places in County Kilkenny

County town: Kilkenny

Towns	Kilkenny

Villages	Aughamucky Ballyhale Ballyragget Bennettsbridge Callan Carrigeen Castlecomer Castlewarren Clogh Fiddown Freshford Galmoy Goresbridge Gowran Graignamanagh Hugginstown Inistioge Johnstown Johnswell Kells Killamery Killinaspick Kilmacow Kilmoganny Knocktopher Mooncoin Mullinavat Paulstown Piltown Redhouse The Rower Slieverue Stoneyford Thomastown Tullahought Tullaroan Urlingford Windgap

Townlands	Ballyda Cantwell's Court Flagmount Hoodsgrove Jeanville Loughcullen

List of townlands of County Kilkenny Category:Mountains and hills of County Kilkenny Category:Rivers of County Kilkenny Category:Geography of County Kilkenny

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