Knockainey

[1][2] It is in the historical barony of Smallcounty,[2][3] between the towns of Hospital and Bruff.

[5][6] These remains, which include cursus, cairn, ring fort, standing stone and ring barrow sites,[6][7] form part of a complex traditionally associated with the sun goddess Áine.

[10] Knockainy Castle is a 15th or 16th century tower house,[11] associated by several sources with the O'Grady family,[3][12] who were stewards to the Earls of Desmond.

[15] The local Catholic church, a more modern building, is located to the south.

[17] It forms part of the parish of Knockaney and Patrickswell in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.