Kilbehenny
Village in County Limerick, Ireland
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Kilbehenny (Irish: Coill Bheithne), also Kilbeheny,[1] is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, on the R639 regional road. It is situated on the County Cork border and is within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the County Tipperary border. The village is 5 km (3 mi) east of Mitchelstown, the nearest town, and 1 km (0.6 mi) from Junction 12 of the M8 Dublin to Cork motorway. Kilbehenny is home to a medieval cemetery, Kilbehenny Graveyard. The River Funshion flows through the village. Kilbeheny is in a civil parish of the same name.[1]
Kilbehenny
Coill Bheithne | |
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Village | |
The R639 road passes through Kilbehenny | |
  Kilbehenny Location within Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′41″N 8°12′17″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Limerick |
Notable people
- John Casey (1820-1891), mathematician[2]
- Aoibheann Clancy (b.2003), international soccer player[3]
- John O'Mahony (1815–1877), Irish nationalist politician and Gaelic scholar
