Hebron:
Hebron (Arabic: الْخَلِيل ; Hebrew: חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, 30 km (19 mi) South of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) above sea level. The largest city in the West Bank, and the second largest in the Palestinian territories after Gaza, it has a population of 215,452 Palestinians (2016) and between 500 and 850 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the Old City of Hebron. Jews, Christians and Muslims all venerate Hebron for its association with Abraham; it includes the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs within the Cave of the Patriarchs. Judaism ranks Hebron the second-holiest city after Jerusalem, while some Muslims regard it as one of the four holy cities.
Kilkenny:
When I first came to the South East and got familar with driving around Kilkenny, I was always amused to see a road called the Hebron Road on the local traffic signs. I imagined driving up that way, turning right at the traffic lights and appearing magically in Palastine! As the years went by I always kept an ear out for an explanation as to where the name came from. I never found out completely, however recently I was looking over some maps and may have come up with an explanation.
Near GZ you will see an old boarded up house. According to The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage it is called "Hebron House originally Heborn House, Blanchfielsland, County Kilkenny" it continues " A Detached five-bay two-storey over part raised basement farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1773, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1998. Now disused".
Hebron Road and its Environs (PGI)
This building appeas to be more or less at the end of the Hebron Rd. (Taking into account the new ring and link roads). It seems to me that Hebron is a corruption or misspelling of Heborn. The map shows the Hebron name has lent itself to few nearby areas. Alas this is not Palastine. Anyway we are firmly on the East Bank of the Nore!