Kilbeacon is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Knocktopher. It is located in the south of County Kilkenny, Ireland and is around south of the city of Kilkenny on the road to Waterford. The parish contains 3,151 statute acres."A topographical dictionary of Ireland" - Samuel Lewis, 1837. According to Lewis's survey of 1837,"A topographical dictionary of Ireland" - Samuel Lewis, 1837. "At Earlsrath was a large fort, encompassed by a fosse and a bank about 20 feet high.". In 1833, there were 383 inhabited houses in the parish; of these, 270 families were primarily engaged in agriculture, 61 in manufactures or crafts, 52 in other. The total population was 2,284 people.Accounts and Papers: Population of Ireland, Volume XXXIV, pg44
The main settlement in the parish is the village of Mullinavat which is located in parish's most southerly townland of the same name.
Geography The Black Water, which is a tributary of the River Suir, flows through the parish from north to south. The highest point in the parish, at 200m, is in the eastern townland of Ballynooney East.
Ecclesiastical parish Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing Church of Ireland parish of the same name.John Caillard Erck, The ecclesiastical register: containing the names of the dignitaries and parochial clergy of Ireland : as also of the parishes and their respective patrons and an account of monies granted for building churches and glebe-houses with ecclesiastical annals annexed to each diocese and appendixes : containing among other things several cases of quare impedit, (1927), page 113). In the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory, the church mentioned in Lewis's survey is located in the townland of Garrandarragh.Buildings of Ireland - Church of Ireland building. The building was in use from 1750 to 1900; today, only the tombstones of the adjoining graveyard are visible.Buildings of Ireland - Reg. No. 12404003.
In the Catholic Church, the civil parish forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Mullinavat in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory.Catholic Diocese of Ossory - Mullinavat parish It also includes in its territory the area of the civil parishes of Killahy (between the rivers Black Water and Pollanassa); Rossin (on the southern side of Tory Hill); and the northern part of Dunkitt (also known as "Big Wood") in the neighbouring barony of Ida. Prior to 1842 this parish was united with Kilmacow.
Townlands There are 11 townlands in the parish.
Name in Gaelic Name in English AcresAn Baile LoisctheBallylusky 325Baile an Inneonaigh ThoirBallynoony East 417Baile an Inneonaigh ThiarBallynoony West 1,326 Baile BhaitínBallyvatheen 103Cúil an Adhmaid ThuaidhCoolanimod North 164Cúil an Adhmaid TheasCoolanimod South 113Ráth an IarlaEarlsrath 144An Garrán DarachGarrandarragh 376 Cúirt an MhoinséalaighManselscourt 229Muileann an BhataMullinavat 32Baile an Ghabhann BeagSmithstown 169
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