| Danesfort | |
| Native Name: | Irish: DĂșn Feart |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Settlement Type: | Civil parish |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | County Kilkenny |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Note: | (Danesfort townland) |
| Population Total: | 99 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 52.55°N -22°W |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Danesfort [2] is a civil parish, electoral division and rural townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny road), the M9 motorway also passes through Danesfort townland.
The area has a primary school, Roman Catholic church (including graveyard), creche, community centre and a care home for the elderly. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club is Danesfort GAA.[3] A holy well, known as Lady's Well, is in Ballyda townland in Danesfort parish.
Danesfort townland is in a civil parish and electoral division of the same name, in the historical barony of Shillelogher.[4] For census purposes, parts of the electoral division of Danesfort were included within the census area of Bennettsbridge, a nearby town, in the 2006 census.[5]
Danesfort is included within Kilkenny City for the purposes of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) structures, and the local credit union is the St. Canice's Kilkenny City Credit Union.
The local Catholic church, St Michael's Church in Danesfort, is within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory.[6]
