{{Short description|Parish in County Cavan, Ireland}} {{Redirect|Fartha, County Cavan||Fartha (disambiguation){{!}}Fartha}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2019}} thumb|Knockbride Church of Ireland church '''Knockbride''' ({{irish place name|Cnoca Bríde|hill of Bríd}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/406.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cnoca Bríde / Knockbride | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref> is a civil parish in County Cavan, Ireland.<ref name="townlandsIE">{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/knockbride/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Knockbride, Co. Cavan | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref> It is located to the north of the town of Bailieborough.
There are two Roman Catholic churches in the parish – both are dedicated to Saint Brigid (Bríd) and located in the Diocese of Kilmore.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.kilmorediocese.ie/parish-details/?parishID=28 | website = kilmorediocese.ie | title = St. Brigid’s Church, Knockbride East | accessdate = 26 December 2023}}</ref> The local Church of Ireland church was built in 1825.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40402315/knockbride-church-of-ireland-church-knockbride-cavan | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Knockbride Church of Ireland Church, Knockbride, Cavan | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref> There is also a Presbyterian church, built in 1791, in Corraneary townland.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40402313/corraneary-presbyterian-church-roosky-corraneary-cavan | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Corraneary Presbyterian Church, Roosky, Corraneary, Cavan | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref>
The village of Canningstown is within Knockbride civil parish,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/127317 | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Baile Chainín / Canningstown | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref> and the local Gaelic Athletic Association club is based at St. Brigid's Park outside the village.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hoganstand.com/county/cavan/article/index/4199 | website = hoganstand.com| title = Knockbride ladies in search of All-Ireland Club final spot | date = 3 November 2003 | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref>
There are 67 townlands in Knockbride civil parish,<ref name="townlandsIE"/> varying in size from {{circa}} 0.12 to 0.22 square miles (Druminnick and Fartagh townlands)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/clankee/knockbride/knappagh/druminnick/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Druminnick Townland, Co. Cavan | accessdate = 16 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/clankee/knockbride/canningstown/fartagh/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Fartagh Townland, Co. Cavan | accessdate = 16 February 2024 }}</ref> to 1.09 square miles in area (Skeagh townland).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/cavan/clankee/knockbride/skeagh/skeagh/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Skeagh Townland, Co. Cavan | accessdate = 16 February 2024 }}</ref>
==Notable people== * Sir Edward Lucas (1857–1950), poet and politician who was born in Gallon Etra townland in Knockbride.<ref name="adb">{{cite book | chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lucas-sir-edward-7257 | title=Sir Edward Lucas | chapter=Lucas, Sir Edward (1857–1950) | publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography | access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> * Thomas J. Barron (1903–1992), historian and folklorist<ref name="CL">{{cite web|url = https://www.cavanlibrary.ie/cavan-history/cavan-local-studies/cavan-biography/thomas-j-barron/ | title = Thomas J. Barron | work = Cavan County Library | accessdate = 29 June 2024}}</ref> * Chris Noth (b. 1954), American actor from Wisconsin, has ancestors who emigrated from the Knockbride area in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0128/763722-noths-landing-mr-big-hits-cavan-for-ancestry-search/ |title = Noth's landing as Mr Big visits Cavan| website = rte.ie | date = 28 January 2016}}</ref> * Larry Reilly, (b. 1977/1978), former Cavan Gaelic footballer and Cavan U20 coach<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.anglocelt.ie/2023/07/19/larry-reilly-named-as-new-cavan-u20-manager/ | work = Anglo Celt | title = Larry Reilly named as new Cavan U20 manager | date = 19 July 2023 | accessdate = 26 December 2023 }}</ref> * Niamh Smyth (b. 1978), Fianna Fáil TD for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency. She was raised in Knockbride, where her father was from, but has spent most of her adult life living in nearby Bailieborough.<ref>{{cite web | title = General Election 2024: Deputy Niamh Smyth, Fianna Fáil | work = The Anglo-Celt | date = 26 November 2024 | url = https://www.anglocelt.ie/2024/11/26/deputy-niamh-smyth-fianna-fail/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/elections-2024/cavan-monaghan-election-2024-who-are-the-candidates-in-my-constituency/a1239662230.html | website = independent.ie | title = Cavan–Monaghan Election 2024: Who are the candidates in my constituency? | date = 27 November 2024 | accessdate = 2 December 2024 | quote = Niamh Smyth [..] The Knockbride native has been a Cavan–Monaghan TD since 2016 }}</ref> * John Tierney (b.1982), former Cavan Gaelic footballer{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Knockbride, County Cavan}} * [https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/K/Knockbride-Clonkee-Cavan.php Knockbride parish - Extract from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (Lewis; 1837)]
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