The Rower

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Rower (An Robhar in Irish) is a small village in Kilkenny in south east Ireland on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and Kilkenny City.

It is renowned for its hurling team, The Rower-Inistioge, and its beautiful scenery. It lies between the rivers Barrow and Nore on the slopes of Brandon Hill and Cullintra Hill.

[edit] External links

• The Rower, GenUKI

v • d • e Places in County Kilkenny, Ireland County seat: Kilkenny Cities1 Kilkenny Unincorporated towns2 Ballyragget · Callan · Castlecomer · Mooncoin · Thomastown Villages3 Ballyhale · Bennettsbridge · Carigeen · Castlewarren · Freshford · Galmoy · Goresbridge · Gowran · Graiguenamanagh · Hugginstown · Inistioge · Jenkinstown · Johnstown · Johnswell · Killamery · Killinaspick · Kilmacow · Kilmoganny · Knocktopher · Mullinavat · Paulstown · Piltown · Redhouse · The Rower · Slieverue · Stoneyford · Tullaroan · Urlingford · Windgap Townlands Flagmount 1 A CDP with defined boundaries.  2 A CDP with undefined boundaries and a population above 1,000.  3 A CDP with undefined boundaries and a population below 1,000.

Coordinates: 52°27′10″N 6°57′33″W / 52.45278, -6.95917

Companies in The Rower incluse Kilbride Coaches, Meadow Lane Riding School and Energize Computing. There is a school in The Rower, Marymount NS. It also has two churches, The Rower Church and Clodiagh. The story goes that when Cromwell was going through Ireland robbing churches, he didn't see Clodiagh, as it was down and was covered in bushes, shrubs etc. Brandon Hill, the highest point in Kilkenny, overlooks The Rower.