{{Short description|Civil parish and townland in County Waterford, Ireland}} '''Faithlegg''' ({{irish place name|Fáithling}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/50329.aspx|title=Fáithling/Faithlegg|website=logainm.ie| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> is a civil parish and townland in County Waterford, Ireland.<ref name="townlandsIE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.townlands.ie/waterford/gaultiere/faithlegg/faithlegg/faithlegg/|title=Faithlegg Townland, Co. Waterford|website=townlands.ie | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> The townland, which is {{convert|2.6|km2|mi2}} in area, had a population of 372 as of the 2011 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.gov.ie/dataset/cd171-waterford-population-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate|title=CD171 - Waterford Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate | publisher = Central Statistics Office |website=data.gov.ie | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> Faithlegg is on a promontory at the confluence of the River Suir and River Barrow, with the village of Cheekpoint lying on the northeast of the promontory.<ref name="lewis"/>
==History== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ecclesiastical enclosure, holy well, tower house and motte sites.<ref name="arch">{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 1999 | isbn = 070766215X }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://excavations.ie/report/2023/Waterford/0033082/ | website = excavations.ie | title = Excavations - 2023:235 - Faithlegg, Coolbunnia, Cheekpoint, Waterford | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref>
The tower house (castle) at Faithlegg, historically associated with the Aylward family, was used as a defensive point during the Siege of Waterford in 1649.<ref name="lewis">{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/lewiss-topographical-dictionary-waterford-county/22/ | chapter = Faithlegg | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | via = waterfordmuseum.ie}}</ref> The castle and its lands were captured and granted to a Cromwellian soldier, William Bolton, before later coming into the ownership of the Power family.<ref name="lewis"/><ref name="hotelHist">{{Cite web|url=https://www.faithlegg.com/history-of-faithlegg.html|title=History of Faithlegg House Hotel History|website=faithlegg.com | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> Faithlegg House, built on the estate in 1783, was expanded by the Power family in the late 19th-century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22901005/faithlegg-house-faithlegg-waterford|title=Faithlegg House, Faithlegg, Waterford|website=Buildings of Ireland | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> It is now a hotel.<ref name="hotelHist"/>
Faithlegg's parish church, Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church, was built {{circa|1850}} on the site of an earlier 13th-century Cistercian chapel.<ref name="arch"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22901010/saint-nicholass-catholic-church-coolbunnia-waterford|title=Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church, Coolbunia, Waterford |website=Buildings of Ireland | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> It is within the Catholic parish of Killea, Crooke and Faithlegg in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://killeacrookefaithlegg.com/ | website = killeacrookefaithlegg.com | title = Parish of Killea, Crooke & Faithlegg | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref>
==Sport== thumb|''Coillte'' signage at Faithlegg woods Faithlegg Golf Course hosted the Women's Irish Open in 2000 and 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpmgwomensirishopen.ie/past-champions|title=Past Champions|publisher=Women's Irish Open | website = kpmgwomensirishopen.ie | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref> and events in the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2007, 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faithlegggolfclub.com/course.html|title=Faithlegg Golf Club - About The Course |website=faithlegggolfclub.com | accessdate = 8 August 2025 }}</ref>
==See also== * Cornelius Bolton (died 1829)
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Category:Civil parishes of County Waterford Category:Townlands of County Waterford