Kilfinny ( Irish: Cill na Fíonaí, meaning 'church of the wood') [1] is a civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. [2] It is close to Adare and Croom in the historical barony of Connello Upper. [3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, holy well and ringfort sites in the townlands of Commons, Ballynakill and Kilfinny. [4] Kilfinny Castle, an Elizabethan-era fortified house built on the site of an earlier tower house, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. [5] The coordination of the castle's defence, during the siege, is historically attributed to Elizabeth Dowdall. [6] [7]
The area's national (primary) school, known as Scoil Náisiúnta Ciarain or Kilfinny National School, had an enrollment of 53 pupils as of January 2024. [8] St Kieran's church is in the Roman Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny in the Diocese of Limerick. [9] The current church is built on the site of an earlier late 18th-century chapel. [5] The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Croagh-Kilfinny GAA, was founded in 1903. [10]
Kilfinny, a parish, is in the eastern division of the barony of Upper Connell[o], four miles south west from Adare, on the road from Croom
Kilfinny ( Irish: Cill na Fíonaí, meaning 'church of the wood') [1] is a civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. [2] It is close to Adare and Croom in the historical barony of Connello Upper. [3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, holy well and ringfort sites in the townlands of Commons, Ballynakill and Kilfinny. [4] Kilfinny Castle, an Elizabethan-era fortified house built on the site of an earlier tower house, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. [5] The coordination of the castle's defence, during the siege, is historically attributed to Elizabeth Dowdall. [6] [7]
The area's national (primary) school, known as Scoil Náisiúnta Ciarain or Kilfinny National School, had an enrollment of 53 pupils as of January 2024. [8] St Kieran's church is in the Roman Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny in the Diocese of Limerick. [9] The current church is built on the site of an earlier late 18th-century chapel. [5] The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Croagh-Kilfinny GAA, was founded in 1903. [10]
Kilfinny, a parish, is in the eastern division of the barony of Upper Connell[o], four miles south west from Adare, on the road from Croom