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Killinaspick

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Killinaspick is a small village in the south of Co Kilkenny, Ireland in the church parish of Mooncoin.

It takes its name from the Irish/Gaelic, Cill an Easboig, which translates as "The Bishop's Church" from an ancient church which stood north of the current small picturesque catholic church. The tablet in the gable end of the current church states that it was built in 1866.

Killinaspick church is one of three in the parish of Mooncoin, the other two being Mooncoin and Carigeen churches.

An alternative local spelling of the village name sometimes seen is Kilnaspic.

The main focus of the village is the cross-roads, one road of which, is called Tubrid road and leads over a stream to the village church and graveyard over a picturesque bridge. The village used to have a local shop run by the Aylward family which has been closed since the early 1980s. Location