What is recorded here

Kilree, in the barony of Knocktopher, once stood as the Grange of Kilree, a centre of active life where four roads radiated from a single heart into the wider county. The baile still carries the shape of that importance, even if the exact buildings have slipped from sight. It was not a quiet village but a crossing place, a knot of trade and movement in County Kilkenny, and the land itself remembers the traffic that once passed through it.

Hogan (1860-61, 365) describes how, '"Grange of Kilree" was evidently in days of yore the centre of active life and busy scenes, as it still exhibits many vestiges of former importance. The "baille" or town of Kilree was approached by four roads leading from its centre to as many opposite directions'. The precise location of the settlement referred to by Hogan is unknown, though it is probably associated with the castle (KK023-047001-) which is roughly centrally located within Kilree townland. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 August 2021

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