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Gowran
Irish: Gabhrán | |
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Town | |
 St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran | |
  Gowran Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°37′45″N 7°04′00″W / 52.6292°N 7.0667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Kilkenny |
| Population | |
• Total | 804 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Website | www |
Gowran (/ˈɡoʊrən/; Irish: Gabhrán[2]) is a town on the eastern side of County Kilkenny, Ireland. The historic St. Mary's Collegiate Church[3] is in the centre of Gowran, close to Gowran Castle. Gowran Park race course and Golf Course are one kilometre from the centre of Gowran. The town is 13 km east of Kilkenny city, on the R448 road where it is crossed by the R702 road. Gowran is in a townland, civil parish and barony of the same name.[2]
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Gowran". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Gabhrán/Gowran". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ A History of St. Mary's Church. Text by Imelda Kehoe. Published by the Gowran Development Association 1992