Tiscoffin

Tiscoffin (Irish: Tigh Scoithín, meaning "house of Scoithín") is a civil parish, in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies in the old barony of Gowran, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, roughly ten kilometres east of Kilkenny town. Tiscoffin is reputedly the site of a battle in 1362, where James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond slew around six hundred of the clan of the Mac Murroughs - (Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach). On top of Freestone hill stands an ancient hawthorn tree long held in reverence by the local population.

Tiscoffin

Tiscoffin (Irish: Tigh Scoithín, meaning "house of Scoithín") is a civil parish, in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It lies in the old barony of Gowran, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, roughly ten kilometres east of Kilkenny town. Tiscoffin is reputedly the site of a battle in 1362, where James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond slew around six hundred of the clan of the Mac Murroughs - (Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach). On top of Freestone hill stands an ancient hawthorn tree long held in reverence by the local population.