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Parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland
Kilfinny Castle, now in ruins, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641

Kilfinny (Irish: Cill na Fíonaí, meaning 'church of the wood') is a civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. It is close to Adare and Croom in the historical barony of Connello Upper.

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. Kilfinny Castle, an Elizabethan-era fortified house built on the site of an earlier tower house, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. The coordination of the castle's defence, during the siege, is historically attributed to Elizabeth Dowdall.

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. St Kieran's church is in the Roman Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny in the Diocese of Limerick. The current church is built on the site of an earlier late 18th-century chapel. The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Croagh-Kilfinny GAA, was founded in 1903.

References

  1. "Cill na Fíonaí / Kilfinny". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. "Civil Parish of Kilfinny, Co. Limerick". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1980). A History and Topography of Limerick City and County. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837). Dublin: Mercier Press. ISBN 0853425663. Kilfinny, a parish, is in the eastern division of the barony of Upper Connell, four miles south west from Adare, on the road from Croom
  4. Record of Monuments and Places - County Limerick. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1997.
  5. ^ Bicentenary of Kilfinny Church, a local history (PDF), 1990, retrieved 12 April 2024 – via limerickcity.ie
  6. Westropp, Thomas Johnson (1907). "The Principal Ancient Castles of the County Limerick: Part II Tudor Period". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 37 (2): 162–163. JSTOR 25507604.
  7. Dowd, Rev. James (1896). "Lady Dowdall's Defence of Kilfinny Castle, 1642 (Chapter XIV)". Round about the County of Limerick (PDF). Limerick: McKern & Sons. p. 240-252 – via limerickcity.ie.
  8. "Directory Page - S N Ciarain". gov.ie. Department of Education. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  9. "Croagh-Kilfinny Parish". limerickdiocese.org. Diocese of Limerick. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. "Croagh/Kilfinny GAA | Founded 1903". croaghkilfinnygaa.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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