Knocksedan
Cnoc Siáin | |
|---|---|
  Knocksedan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′22″N 6°15′42″W / 53.4562°N 6.2616°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Region | Dublin |
| County | Fingal |
| Town | Swords |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin North |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code | +353 (0)1 |
| Irish grid reference | O152460 |
Knocksedan (Irish: Cnoc Siáin, meaning 'hill of the fairy mound')[1] is a townland near the town of Swords in Ireland. It is situated along the Naul Road (R108) to the west of Swords on either side of the Ward River. In advance of the 1916 Easter Rising, Knocksedan was muster point for the Fingal battalion of the Irish Volunteers.[2]
- ^ "Cnoc Siáin / Knocksedan". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "How the Fingal battalion created a template for guerilla warfare". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
By Easter Week, the Fingal battalion [..] mobilised at Knocksedan crossroads on Easter Monday