Killamery () is a village in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

, Ireland. It was the site of a famous monastery (c. 632) under the abbacy of

St. Gobban Saint Gobhan has long been linked with the parish of Seagoe – recorded for instance as ''Teach dho-Ghobha'' – in County Armagh, Ireland. This saint - ''Gobban find mac Lugdach'' (-639), was primarily known for his abbacy of the monastery ...

, who died 639 and was buried in the hallowed grounds of St.

Fintan of Clonenagh Saint Fintan of Clonenagh (c. 526 – 603) was an Irish hermit and monk. He was an Abbot and disciple of Columba of Terryglass. Life Fintan was born in about 526, the son of Christians Gabhren and Findlath. The monastery at Clonenagh was foun ...

's Abbey,

County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

. Killamery High Cross is part of the Ossory group of

High cross A high cross or standing cross ( ga, cros ard / ardchros, gd, crois àrd / àrd-chrois, cy, croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated. There was a unique Early Medieval traditi ...

es. This "west Ossory group" also includes the

Celtic cross The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages. A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses er ...

es at Ahenny, Kilkieran and Tibberaghny. Two

bullaun A bullaun ( ga, bullán; from a word cognate with "bowl" and French ''bol'') is the term used for the depression in a stone which is often water filled. Natural rounded boulders or pebbles may sit in the bullaun. The size of the bullaun is high ...

s and a holy well are also found nearby. The village is located near the County Tipperary border on the N76 National secondary road, halfway between Kilkenny to the northeast and Clonmel to the southwest. Killamery High Cross

There is one public house in the village, "The Auld House". Killamery Hill was known in Old Irish as ''Dromm Derg'' ( modern Irish: ''Drom Dearg'') meaning "red ridge", and is mentioned in a number of Fenian Cycle poems by this name.

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Killamery brooch
{{County Kilkenny Cross symbols High crosses in the Republic of Ireland Irish culture Towns and villages in County Kilkenny

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