placenamesWolfhill
Cnocán na Mac Tíre
Two local buildings preserve evidence of changing community uses and repairs.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cnocán na Mac Tíre · Irish · main form · validated name
- Wolfhill · English · main form
Place & story
From classroom to handball alley
Wolfhill National School’s building dates from 1943, when it replaced an earlier school. The old premises subsequently became a handball alley. An extension in 2005 added two classrooms and a room for special education, continuing the development of the school site. [2]
Repairs at Saint Mary’s
Saint Mary’s Church was built using local stone. The parish records that its altar window was destroyed in the storm of 1903 and replaced that year through a gift from Father James Parkinson. The interior stonework was pointed in 1964, followed by renovations in 1979–1980 under architect Michael Crowe. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Laois
- Barony
- Ballyadams
- Civil parish
- Rathaspick
- Within
- Wolfhill
- Coordinates
- 52.90367, -7.12306 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413865 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Wolfhill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- School History · Wolfhill National School
- St. Mary’s Church, Wolfhill · Ballyadams Parish
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.