Knockcroghery (Irish: Cnoc an Chrochaire)[2] is a village and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is located on the N61 road between Athlone and Roscommon town, near Lough Ree on the River Shannon. The townland of Knockcroghery is in the civil parish of Killinvoy and the historical barony of Athlone North.[2][3]
Knockcroghery developed as a largely linear settlement close to Galey Castle, a 14th-century tower house overlooking Galey Bay. By the 18th century, the village comprised a number of small houses, shops, blacksmith, mill, church and a fair green. For a number of centuries, the village economy was focused on the making of clay tobacco pipes, with eight kilns employing approximately 100 people by the 19th century.[4] In the early 20th century, much of the village was burnt in a reprisal attack by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence, and a number of buildings in the village centre date from a subsequent rebuilding exercise.
As of the early 21st century, it is classified as a "key village" for planning purposes by Roscommon County Council, with Knockcroghery acting as a commuter village for Athlone, Roscommon town, Longford town and Ballinasloe.[4] The village had a population of 351 people as of the 2016 census of Ireland.[1]
^ ab"Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Knockcroghery". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
^ ab"Cnoc an Chrochaire / Knockcroghery". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. 26 February 2022.
^"Knockcroghery Townland, Co. Roscommon". townlands.ie. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ ab"Knockcroghery Village Design Statement 2008" (PDF). Roscommon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017.
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