{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} {{Short description|Townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Danesfort |native_name = {{lang|ga|Dún Feart}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Civil parish |image_skyline = Saint Michael's Danesfort - geograph.org.uk - 993835.jpg |image_caption = Saint Michael's Catholic church in Danesfort |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 |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url = https://data.gov.ie/dataset/cd158-kilkenny-population-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate | publisher = CSO | website = data.gov.ie | title = CD158 - Kilkenny Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate | accessdate = 9 August 2024 | quote = Population [..] Townlands [..] Danesfort, Danesfort, Co. Kilkenny: 99 }}</ref> |population_note = (Danesfort townland) |population_total = 99 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|52|33|N|7|15|W|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = <!-- {{iem4ibx|??????}} --> |footnotes = }} '''Danesfort''' ({{Irish place name|Dún Feart|fort of the grave mound}})<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/1280.aspx | title = Dún Feart / Danesfort | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | access-date = 4 October 2024 }}</ref> is a civil parish, electoral division and rural townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road), the M9 motorway also passes through Danesfort townland.
The area has a primary school, Roman Catholic church (including graveyard), creche, community centre and a care home for the elderly. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is Danesfort GAA.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://kilkennygaa.ie/clubs/danesfort/ | website = kilkennygaa.ie | title = Clubs - Danesfort | accessdate = 9 August 2024 }}</ref> A holy well, known as Lady's Well, is in Ballyda townland in Danesfort parish.
==Location== Danesfort townland is in a civil parish and electoral division of the same name, in the historical barony of Shillelogher.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/kilkenny/shillelogher/danesfort/danesfort/danesfort/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Danesfort Townland, Co. Kilkenny | accessdate = 9 August 2024 }}</ref> For census purposes, parts of the electoral division of Danesfort were included within the census area of Bennettsbridge, a nearby town, in the 2006 census.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table_5.pdf | publisher = CSO | title = Table 5 - Population of Towns ordered by County and size, 2002 and 2006 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120601/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table_5.pdf | archivedate = 11 May 2011 }}</ref>
Danesfort is included within Kilkenny City for the purposes of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) structures, and the local credit union is the St. Canice's Kilkenny City Credit Union.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
The local Catholic church, St Michael's Church in Danesfort, is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://ossory.ie/parishes/danesfort/ | website = ossory.ie | publisher = Ossory Diocese | title = Parishes - Danesfort | accessdate = 9 August 2024 }}</ref>
==See also== * List of townlands in County Kilkenny
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Category:Civil parishes of County Kilkenny Category:Townlands of County Kilkenny