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The Rower

Village in County Kilkenny, Ireland

Field	Value
name	The Rower
native_name	An Robhar
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	The Rower 2013.JPG
image_caption	Approaching The Rower from the south on the R705
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Kilkenny
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Rower or The Rower () is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Rower is on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and Kilkenny. It is within the parish of the same name, which is about five miles (8 km) in length from north to south, by about three miles in breadth. It lies on the slopes of Brandon Hill and Cullintra Hill.

History

Also historically as Roar, Rowar or Tamplerowar, Rower was a parish in the historical Barony of Ida. Within its limits was Ringwood, the seat of Lord Clifden, and an ancient residence of the Bolger family. The parish comprised 10,508 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which about 1000 acre consist of mountain, and a small portion of bog.{{cite book | last = Lewis

Nearby sites listed in the Record of Monuments and Places include a large circular enclosure or rath, recorded as a "possible ecclesiastical enclosure". Immediately to the southwest of this site is the ruined 19th century church and graveyard of the Rower Church.

Amenities

The Rower has a primary school, two churches, a GAA field and community hall. The ruined castle of Coolhill, said to have belonged to the Butler family, is nearby; and there are several broken dolmens in the vicinity of Ballinabarna.

The community is represented by a hurling team which competes in the senior grade of Kilkenny GAA.

Notes

References

"An Robhar / The Rower". Irish Placenames Commission.
(1996). "Recorded Monuments Protected under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 – County Kilkenny". OPW.
"The Rower Church, Farrantemple, County Kilkenny". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

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