Faithlegg

Faithlegg (Irish: Fáithling)[1] is a civil parish and townland in County Waterford, Ireland.[2] The townland, which is 2.6 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi) in area, had a population of 372 as of the 2011 census.[3] Faithlegg is on a promontory at the confluence of the River Suir and River Barrow, with the village of Cheekpoint lying on the northeast of the promontory.[4]

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ecclesiastical enclosure, holy well, tower house and motte sites.[5][6]

The tower house (castle) at Faithlegg, historically associated with the Aylward family, was used as a defensive point during the Siege of Waterford in 1649.[4] The castle and its lands were captured and granted to a Cromwellian soldier, William Bolton, before later coming into the ownership of the Power family.[4][7] Faithlegg House, built on the estate in 1783, was expanded by the Power family in the late 19th-century.[8] It is now a hotel.[7]

Faithlegg's parish church, Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church, was built c. 1850 on the site of an earlier 13th-century Cistercian chapel.[5][9] It is within the Catholic parish of Killea, Crooke and Faithlegg in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.[10]

Sport

Coillte signage at Faithlegg woods

Faithlegg Golf Course hosted the Women's Irish Open in 2000 and 2001,[11] and events in the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2007, 2008 and 2009.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fáithling/Faithlegg". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Faithlegg Townland, Co. Waterford". townlands.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ^ "CD171 - Waterford Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Faithlegg". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis – via waterfordmuseum.ie.
  5. ^ a b Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1999. ISBN 070766215X.
  6. ^ "Excavations - 2023:235 - Faithlegg, Coolbunnia, Cheekpoint, Waterford". excavations.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b "History of Faithlegg House Hotel History". faithlegg.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Faithlegg House, Faithlegg, Waterford". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church, Coolbunia, Waterford". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Parish of Killea, Crooke & Faithlegg". killeacrookefaithlegg.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Past Champions". kpmgwomensirishopen.ie. Women's Irish Open. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Faithlegg Golf Club - About The Course". faithlegggolfclub.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
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