Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Killanne

Village in County Wexford, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Killanne (or Killann, Killane) (Irish: Cill Anna) is a rural village roughly 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.[1]

Notable people

Kate Webster, who was hanged for the murder of Julia Martha Thomas, was born around 1849 in Killanne as Kate Lawler at her family's home.[2]

United Irish leader[citation needed] John Kelly, who died in 1798, was from Killanne,[1] as referenced by "Kelly, the Boy From Killane", an Irish song about the 1798 rebellion.

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads