Columbkille, County Kilkenny

{{Short description|Civil parish and townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland}}

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Columbkille ({{irish place name|Cill Cholm Cille}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/27343.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cill Cholm Cille / Columbkille | accessdate = 24 January 2023 }} is a civil parish and townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Located near Thomastown,{{cite web|url = https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/columcille-thomastown-kas.pdf | website = kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie | title = Columkille, Thomastown | quote = KK028-043002 | accessdate = 24 January 2023 }} it is in the historical barony of Gowran.{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/columbkille/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Columbkille, Co. Kilkenny | accessdate = 24 January 2023 }} Evidence of historical settlement in Columkille townland itself include a number of fulacht fiadh sites, a reputed holy well,{{cite book | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq05carrgoog/page/n298/mode/2up | chapter = Columbkille | title = The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory, Volume IV | last = Carrigan | first = William | authorlink = William Carrigan | date = 1905 | place = Dublin | publisher = Sealy, Bryers & Walker | page = 272 }} and a graveyard and ruined church in an ecclesiastical enclosure.{{cite web|url = https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2000600/colmcille-s-graveyard/| website = cwgc.org | publisher = Commonwealth War Graves Commission | title = Colmcille's Graveyard | accessdate = 24 January 2023 }}{{cite book | url = https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Kilkenny-Manual-(1996)-0022.pdf | title = Record of Monuments and Places, County Kilkenny | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | date = 1996 | page = 28 | quote = KK028-043--- [..] Columbkille [..] Ecclesiastical remains [..] Church [..] Graveyard [..] Holy Well [..] Cross [..] KK028-050--- [..] Columbkille [..] Fulacht Fiadh }}{{cite web|url = https://historicgraves.com/graveyard/columbkille-s/kk-cmcl | website = historicgraves.com | title = Columbkille's, Kilkenny, Ireland | accessdate = 24 January 2023 }} Other townlands within Columbkille civil parish include Ballyroe, Carrickmourne, Dangan, Jackstown, Kilcullen, Kiljames (Upper and Lower), Kilmurry, Ruppa and Mungmacody.