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'''Knockanure''' ({{lang-ga|Cnoc an Iúir}})<ref>{{cite web|website = logainm.ie | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1110 | title = Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | accessdate = 6 April 2024 }}</ref> is a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Kerry]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is near the town of [[Listowel]] and the village of [[Moyvane]]. |
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== Amenities == |
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Knockanure parish contains a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] church, the Church Of Corpus Christi, which was built in 1964.{{r|"Hill 2010 p. 603"}} Scoil Chorp Chríost is the primary school in Knockanure. There is a pub called Flynn's Bar.{{r|"Andreassen 1996"}} |
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[[Populated place|Population centres]] within Knockanure civil parish include Kilmorna ({{irish place name|Coill Mhaonaigh}}).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1110/sub/ID | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Sub-units of: Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure | accessdate = 6 April 2024 | quote = Coill Mhaonaigh/Kilmorna [..] population centre [..] Civil Parish Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure}}</ref> Kilmorna House, a former country house historically associated with the Vicars and Mahony families, was burned during the [[Irish War of Independence]] in April 1921.<ref name="death">{{cite news | title = Murder of Sir A. Vicars | newspaper = The Times | date = 15 April 1921}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/news/the-kilmorna-papers-a-familys-long-awaited-closure/40992909.html | work = The Kerryman | title = The Kilmorna Papers: A family’s long-awaited 'closure' | date = 28 October 2021 | accessdate = 6 April 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://kerrywritersmuseum.com/online-exhibitions/the-war-of-independence-in-north-kerry-1921/kilmorna-house-sir-arthur-vicars/ | work = kerrywritersmuseum.com | title = The War Of Independence In North Kerry 1921 - Kilmorna House & Sir Arthur Vicar | accessdate = 6 April 2024 }}</ref> |
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== Notable residents == |
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* [[Maureen Flavin Sweeney]] (1923–2023), postmistress involved in [[weather forecasting for Operation Overlord]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tributes paid to North Kerry woman who helped Allied Forces defeat Nazi Germany |url=https://www.radiokerry.ie/news/tributes-paid-to-north-kerry-woman-who-helped-allied-forces-defeat-nazi-germany-361676 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=RadioKerry.ie |language=en}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[The Valley of Knockanure]] |
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<ref name="Sweeney 2012">{{cite web |
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| title = Dan Keane (1919–2012) – The Middle Plain |
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]] |
[[Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry]] |
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[[Category:Civil parishes of County Kerry]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 6 April 2024
Knockanure
Cnoc an Iúir | |
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Civil parish | |
  Knockanure Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′45″N 9°22′16″W / 52.4624°N 9.3710°W | |
| Land | Irland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
Knockanure (Irish: Cnoc an Iúir)[1] is a civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the town of Listowel and the village of Moyvane.
Amenities
[edit]Knockanure parish contains a Catholic church, the Church Of Corpus Christi, which was built in 1964.[2] Scoil Chorp Chríost is the primary school in Knockanure. There is a pub called Flynn's Bar.[3]
Population centres within Knockanure civil parish include Kilmorna (Irish: Coill Mhaonaigh).[4] Kilmorna House, a former country house historically associated with the Vicars and Mahony families, was burned during the Irish War of Independence in April 1921.[5][6][7]
Menschen
[edit]- Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet[8]
- Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Hill, J.R. (2010). A New History of Ireland Volume VII: Ireland, 1921–84. New History of Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 603. ISBN 978-0-19-959282-1. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Andreassen, E. (1996). Visions and Identities: Proceedings from the 24th International Ballad Conference of the Kommission Für Volksdichtung (Société Internationale D'ethnologie Et de Folklore), Tórshavn, June 26th to June 30th 1994. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Faeroensis: Supplementum. Tungulist. p. 125. ISBN 978-99918-41-22-9. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
A real case of vindictiveness in the eyes of the song maker, Willie Finucane, occurred on New Year's Eve 1967 when customers in Flynn's Pub in Knockanure, County Kerry, were summoned by a Garda Keane who entered the premises while ...
- ^ "Sub-units of: Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
Coill Mhaonaigh/Kilmorna [..] population centre [..] Civil Parish Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure
- ^ "Murder of Sir A. Vicars". The Times. 15 April 1921.
- ^ "The Kilmorna Papers: A family's long-awaited 'closure'". The Kerryman. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "The War Of Independence In North Kerry 1921 - Kilmorna House & Sir Arthur Vicar". kerrywritersmuseum.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Sweeney, Peggy (4 January 2012). "Dan Keane (1919–2012) – The Middle Plain". Moyvane – The Middle Plain. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Tributes paid to North Kerry woman who helped Allied Forces defeat Nazi Germany". RadioKerry.ie. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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