Knockeyon
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| Knockeyon | |
|---|---|
| (Cnoc Eoghain) | |
 Knockeyon on a foggy morning | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 214 m (702 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 128[1] m (420 ft) |
| Coordinates | 53°37′24.3″N 7°17′49.6″W / 53.623417°N 7.297111°W |
| Geography | |
  Knockeyon Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Westmeath, Ireland |
Knockeyon (Irish: Cnoc Eóin) is a hill in County Westmeath, Ireland in the townland of Streamstown.
The hill is on the southeastern shore of Lough Derravaragh and oversees much of the north Leinster countryside.
Chapel
The ruins of a chapel (national monument WM012-206 ), are halfway up the hill. A devotional pattern was held annually around 1 August or the nearest Sunday to it.[citation needed]
Annotated as 'Chapel' on the OS maps this structure is situated within a dense hazel and oak historic woodland.[2] Only the footings of this building remain (pers. comm. Aidan Walsh). Depicted on the 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map as a small rectangular building aligned on a NW-SE axis standing at the intersection point of four woodland pathways.
