Johnstown (Baile Sheain in Irish) is a village in County Kilkenny in the southeastern part of Rebublic of Ireland in the Diocese of Ossory. The town lies on the main N8 Dublin-Cork road and is the home of the Fenians hurling club. Situated 121km from Dublin and 131km from Cork,it lies in the an agricultutal heartland of the sunny southeast.
The village of Johnstown is over 200 years old and was once part of the barony of Galmoy