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{{Short description|Village in County Wexford, Ireland}}
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'''Killanne''' (or '''Killann''', '''Killane''') ({{Irish place name|Cill Anna}}) is a rural village roughly {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} west of [[Enniscorthy]], [[County Wexford, Ireland]].<ref name="Screen">{{cite web |title=Killanne |url=https://screenwexford.com/location/villages/killanne/ |website=Screen Wexford |access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref>
==Notable people==
[[Kate Webster]], who was hanged for the [[murder of Julia Martha Thomas]], was born around 1849 in Killanne as Kate Lawler at her family's home.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Donaghy |first1=Gerard |title=Ten facts about Kate Webster, the Irish maid hanged for dismembering her employer in Victorian London |url=https://www.irishpost.com/features/ten-facts-kate-webster-irish-maid-hanged-dismembering-employer-victorian-london-131185 |website=The Irish Post |access-date=27 November 2024}}</ref>
[[Society of United Irishmen|United Irish]] leader{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} [[John Kelly of Killanne|John Kelly]], who died in 1798, was from Killanne,<ref name="Screen" /> as referenced by "Kelly, the Boy From Killane", an Irish song about the [[Irish rebellion of 1798|1798 rebellion]].
==See also==
* [[List of populated places in the Republic of Ireland]]
==References==
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