Kilmanahan (Irish: Cill Mhainchín) is a townland in the historical baronyofGlenahiryinCounty Waterford, Ireland.[1] The townland, which has an area of approximately 2.75 square kilometres (1.06 sq mi),[2] had a population of 40 people as of the 2011 census.[3]
A church, traditionally associated with Saint Mainchin and which gives the area its name, was formerly located in the townland.[4][5] The nearby Kilmanahan Castle, a Georgian manor house incorporating the structure of an earlier tower house,[6] is sometimes associated with the Greene family.[7][8][9]
In the north northeast of the Townland of Kilmanahin in this Parish there is a castle of considerable extent lately repaired by the proprietor, Col. Green, and near it is the site of an old Church formerly dedicated to St. Mainchin (the St. Munchin of Limerick) [..] but not part of the walls remain [..] The townland derived its name from this Church
52°18′59″N 7°46′38″W / 52.3165°N 7.7773°W / 52.3165; -7.7773
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