Knockanure

Knockanure Cnoc an Iúir
Civil parish
Knockanure Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.4624°N 9.3710°W / 52.4624; -9.3710
Country	Ireland
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

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]

People

• Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet^[8]
• Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord^[9]

See also

• The Valley of Knockanure

References

1. "Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. 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.
3. 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 ...
4. "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
5. "Murder of Sir A. Vicars". The Times. 15 April 1921.
6. "The Kilmorna Papers: A family's long-awaited 'closure'". The Kerryman. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
7. "The War Of Independence In North Kerry 1921 - Kilmorna House & Sir Arthur Vicar". kerrywritersmuseum.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
8. Sweeney, Peggy (4 January 2012). "Dan Keane (1919–2012) – The Middle Plain". Moyvane – The Middle Plain. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
9. "Tributes paid to North Kerry woman who helped Allied Forces defeat Nazi Germany". RadioKerry.ie. Retrieved 19 December 2023.