ballymacanton

Updated: January 28, 2026

The silting up of the river Nore has reduced Thomastown or Ballymacanton, which was its Irish name, from its former importance as an emporium for the country about Kilkenny. The river now is not navigable above Inistiogue.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)