GOWRAN, a borough, fair, and post town, in the county of Kilkenny and province of Leinster, Ireland. N. Lat. 52. 34. W. Long. 7. 0. It is governed by a portreeve, recorder, and town-clerk. Here are the ruins of an old church, alsoth e handsome seat of the late lord Clifden; and three miles beyond Gowran the ruins of Ballinabola castle.