Knightstown, County Kerry
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Knightstown
Irish: Baile an Ridire / An Chois | |
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Village | |
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  Knightstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°55′31″N 10°17′38″W / 51.92532°N 10.293846°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population | |
• Total | 244 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | V422773 |
Knightstown (Irish: Baile an Ridire, also An Chois),[2] alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. As of the CSO census of 2022, Knightstown had a population of 244.[1]
In 1830 Maurice FitzGerald, the 18th Knight of Kerry, commissioned Scottish engineer Alexander Nimmo to draw up plans for a new village. During the 1840s, development began on what was initially known as the New Town of Valentia.[3]
