Aughatubbrid

{{Short description|Townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland}}

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Aughatubbrid ({{irish place name|Achadh Tiobraide}}), also known as Chatsworth, is a townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/26541.aspx | website = logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Achadh Tiobraide / Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth | accessdate = 2 August 2024 }} The townland, which has an area of approximately {{convert|6.63|km2}}, is in the civil parish of Castlecomer.{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/fassadinin/castlecomer/clogh/aughatubbrid-or-chatsworth/ | title = Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth Townland, Co. Kilkenny | website = townlands.ie | accessdate = 2 August 2024 }} The village and townland of Clogh is to the east. As of the 2011 census, Aughatubbrid had a population of 331 people.{{cite web|url = https://data.gov.ie/dataset/cd158-kilkenny-population-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate | website = data.gov.ie | publisher = Central Statistics Office | title = CD158 - Kilkenny Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate | accessdate = 2 August 2024 | quote = Population [..] Townlands [..] Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth, Clogh, Co. Kilkenny: 331 }}

The existence of wells in Aughatubbrid is referenced in the townland's Irish name, which translates to "field of the well" or "field of the spring".{{cite book |last1=Carrigan |first1=William |title=The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, vol. II |date=1905 |page=190 | quote = About 100 yards south of the church site is the fine spring, now called the Church Well, from which the townland of Aghatubrid derived its name. It is a holy well, and pilgrimages and patterns were formerly held here. | url = https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq03carrgoog/page/n210/mode/2up }} The name can be traced back to 1594 as Aghetobbir.{{citation |last1=Ó Dálaigh |first1=Pádraig |title=The Holy Wells of County Kilkenny in terms of documentary coverage, location, ritual practice and onomastic concept, vol. II |date=2018 |location=Limerick |pages=319, 360 | url = https://dspace.mic.ul.ie/handle/10395/2584 }} One such well, known as "Church Well", was previously considered to be a holy well, and patterns were held there annually in September until at least 2016. The holy well site is recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) with number "KK002-001003-".{{cite web |title=Historic Environment Viewer - KK002-001003- | url = https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKK002-001003- |publisher=National Monuments Service |access-date=16 June 2024}} Church Well takes its name from a former church in the area.{{cite book |last1=O'Kelly |first1=Owen |title=The Place-Names of County Kilkenny |date=1985 |publisher=Kilkenny Archaeological Society |location=Kilkenny |page=33 |url=https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/OKelly-Place-Names-of-County-Kilkenny-Fassidinan-Barony.pdf | quote = Aughatubrid (now Chatsworth) Achadh tiobraide, field of the spring [..] The ancient church was in the Church Hill field and Carrigan in his Notes states that the Tiobraid beside the church was a holy well; also that there was another holy well called Bruach dearg }} The site of this former church lies 80m northwest of the holy well and has RMP number "KK002-001001-".{{cite web|url = https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKK002-001001- |title=Historic Environment Viewer - KK002-001001- |publisher=National Monuments Service |access-date=22 July 2024 | quote = KK002-001001- : Church [..] There is a holy well (KK002-001003-) 80m to the SW with modern capping }}