By the end of the 19th century, there was a concentration of buildings with a large number of two and three storey structures due to the interaction of the steep hill and the earlier medieval walled village design. In the centre of the village square there is a fountain which Lady Louisa Tighe (1803-1900), who spent seventy-five years at Woodstock, erected in memory of her late husband. The base of a cross, erected in 1621 to the memory of Baron David Fitzgerald and his wife, is nearby. The cross itself went missing and is said to have been deliberately destroyed by the Yeoman in 1798. The fountain still stands today, and it is inscribed “Erected by Louisa M. Tighe in memory of her beloved husband A.D. 1879”. Public transport The main bus route serving the village is Kilbride Coaches' New Ross - Thomastown - Kilkenny route. Bus Éireann route 374 provides a journey in each direction along the New Ross - Thomastown - Kilkenny route. Bus Éireann and JJ Kavanagh and Sons operate several journeys daily from Thomastown (8.5 kilometres away) to Dublin, Dublin Airport, Carlow and Waterford. Bus services to Rosslare Europort are available from New Ross. The nearest station is Thomastown railway station (located at ) on the Waterford-Kilkenny-Dublin line. Film Inistioge, and its village green, has been the scene for a number of films, including Circle of Friends, The Secret Scripture and Widows' Peak. Segments of the Hallmark movie Love's Portrait, released in September 2022, were filmed in Inistioge. Sport The Gaelic Athletic Association club Rower–Inistioge GAA has its home ground here. The club has had a number of All Ireland medal-winning players including Sean Cummins, Kieran Joyce, and Eddie Keher. Notable people George Browne (1906–1937), a Manchester-based communist and member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, was born at Ballyneale outside Inistioge. Killed in the 1937 Battle of Brunete, a George Brown memorial weekend has been held annually in Inistioge since 2008. Walter Hamilton V.C. (1856–1879), lieutenant in the Corps of Guides during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, came from Inistioge. Iarla Ó Lionáird (b.1963), Irish folk musician. Nora Sands, of Jamie's School Dinners, is a native of the area. Peter Smithwick (1937–2022), judge and former District Court president. See also List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kilkenny) List of towns and villages in Ireland Further reading References External links Inistioge -