- Ennisnag
Ennisnag ( _ga. Inis-Snag) is a
Protestant Church that lies beside theKings River , one mile north of Stoneyford village inCounty Kilkenny ,Ireland . The first reference to the church is as aprebend (land gift) in the Papal taxation of 1291, hence the Catholic graveyard. Among those buried there isHubert Butler , the Anglo-Irish essayist.The patron saint of Ennisnag was Saint Mogue also known as Saint Aedan of Ferns. The Irish name, "Mó Aód Óg", means My little Aedh. Tobermogue, or St. Mogues holy well, can be seen along the roadside 300 yards North of the churchyard. It is now in the form of a County Council pump erected in 1948.
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