Tibberaghny
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Tibberaghny Tiobra Fhachna
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| Civil parish, townland | |
 Tibberaghny
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| Coordinates: 52°20′42″N 7°21′46″W / 52.344866°N 7.3626745°WCoordinates: 52°20′42″N 7°21′46″W / 52.344866°N 7.3626745°W | |
| Country |
 Ireland
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| Province | Leinster |
| County | Kilkenny |
| Municipal district | Piltown |
| Electoral division | Whitechurch |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.644 km2 (1.793 sq mi) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
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Tybroughney, statutory spelling Tibberaghny (Irish: Tiobra Fhachna), is a civil parish in the barony of Iverk, County Kilkenny in Ireland. The parish comprises a single townland, also called Tibberaghny. It lies on the north bank of the River Suir facing County Waterford, while the Lingaun river separates it from County Tipperary to the west.
The name Tiobra Fhachna means "well of Saint Fachtna", who was at Lismore Abbey in the seventh century. Various anglicised spellings include Tibberaghny,Tiberaghny,Tipperaghny,Tybroughney,Tyburoughny,Tibroughny,Tybrachny.
Saint Fachtna's well, the holy well from which the townland is named, lies near the ruined former parish church. Saint Modomnoc reputedly lived as a hermit in the area in the sixth century, and a pattern was celebrated there on 13 February, his feast day. The church was built before the Norman invasion of Ireland, and the parish formerly belonged to the Diocese of Lismore rather than the Diocese of Ossory. A pillar in the churchyard is carved in the style of a Celtic high cross, of which it may be a remnant. In the Church of Ireland the parish was united to Whitechurch parish by 1821, and in 1833 both were among five civil parishes in the benefice of Fiddown. In the Irish Catholic church it is part of Templeorum parish.
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