Cordal | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°13′05″N 9°23′06″W / 52.2181°N 9.3851°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Kerry |
Irish grid reference | R053082 |
Cordal ( Irish: Cordal) is a village and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the historical barony of Trughanacmy. [2] [3] As of the 2011 census, Cordal East and Cordal West had populations of 115 and 117 residents respectively. [4]
Evidence of ancient settlement in Cordal East and Cordal West townlands include a number of ring fort, fulacht fiadh, holy well, ecclesiastical enclosure and standing stone sites. [5] [6] [7]
The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Cordal village, include a 16th century tower house and a later 17th century fortified house addition. [8] This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish (Baile an Chaisleáin meaning 'town[land] of the castle'). [9] [10]
The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built c. 1850) are both in Cordal West. [11] [12] The Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is one of three churches in the ecclesiastical parish of Castleisland in the Diocese of Kerry. [13]
There is an An Post post office [14] and a public house in the village. [15] The local national (primary) school, Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire, is in Kilmurry townland and had approximately 100 pupils enrolled as of late 2019. [16] The area is served by some limited TFI Local Link bus routes. [17]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Cordal GAA, [18] won the East Kerry intermediate football championship in 2023. [19]
less than a mile further on, in a field on the right, is [..] Kilmurry Castle [..] a 16th century tower house to which was added a now much ruined fortified house of the early part of the 17th century
Scoil Mhuire B&C is a Catholic, mainstream school situated in the townland of Kilmurry, Cordal [..] There are a hundred pupils enrolled in the school
Cordal | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°13′05″N 9°23′06″W / 52.2181°N 9.3851°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Kerry |
Irish grid reference | R053082 |
Cordal ( Irish: Cordal) is a village and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland. [1] The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the historical barony of Trughanacmy. [2] [3] As of the 2011 census, Cordal East and Cordal West had populations of 115 and 117 residents respectively. [4]
Evidence of ancient settlement in Cordal East and Cordal West townlands include a number of ring fort, fulacht fiadh, holy well, ecclesiastical enclosure and standing stone sites. [5] [6] [7]
The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Cordal village, include a 16th century tower house and a later 17th century fortified house addition. [8] This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish (Baile an Chaisleáin meaning 'town[land] of the castle'). [9] [10]
The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built c. 1850) are both in Cordal West. [11] [12] The Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is one of three churches in the ecclesiastical parish of Castleisland in the Diocese of Kerry. [13]
There is an An Post post office [14] and a public house in the village. [15] The local national (primary) school, Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire, is in Kilmurry townland and had approximately 100 pupils enrolled as of late 2019. [16] The area is served by some limited TFI Local Link bus routes. [17]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Cordal GAA, [18] won the East Kerry intermediate football championship in 2023. [19]
less than a mile further on, in a field on the right, is [..] Kilmurry Castle [..] a 16th century tower house to which was added a now much ruined fortified house of the early part of the 17th century
Scoil Mhuire B&C is a Catholic, mainstream school situated in the townland of Kilmurry, Cordal [..] There are a hundred pupils enrolled in the school