Mullinavat (Irish: Muileann an Bhata, meaning 'mill of the stick')[2] is a town in south County Kilkenny, Ireland.

[3] The town and townland of Mullinavat, in County Kilkenny, lie in the electoral division of Killahy, in the civil parish of Kilbeacon in the historical Barony of Knocktopher.

[3] Other local geographic features include Tory Hill (Sliabh gCruinn meaning 'round mountain') which rises to 290 metres above sea level.

It was not previously a religious celebration, but consisted of local people gathering to pick the wild berries called 'Frocchans'.

[citation needed] Named after 'Fort of the Wren', nearby Listrolin is in the Walsh Mountains, overlooking Mullinavat, Mooncoin, Kilmacow and Tempelorum.

[citation needed] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, enclosure and ringfort sites in the surrounding townlands of Deerpark, Garrandarragh and Glendonnell.

[citation needed] Inchicarron (or Inchacarran) Castle, to the east of Mullinavat, was occupied by poet John Mac Walter Walsh.

[citation needed] The area is served by Bus Éireann route 4, which travels each way from Dublin to Carlow, Waterford and New Ross.

[11] Now disused and in a state of disrepair,[12] Mullinavat station is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Kilkenny County Council.

Gaelic football was the dominant sport in the parish until around 1913 when a hurling team from Mullinavat entered the Junior championship for the first time.

[citation needed] The main tillage crops include barley, oats, wheat, miscanthus and maize.