Kilbrin

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Kilbrin
Irish: Cill Bhrain
Civil parish
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Kilbrin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°12′00″N08°50′00″W / 52.20000°N 8.83333°W / 52.20000; -8.83333
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Cork
Population
 (2016) [1]
186
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Kilbrin (Irish : Cill Bhrain) [2] is a civil parish in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork, Ireland. Once an independent parish, Kilbrin is now joined to the parish of Ballyclough. Kilbrin derives its name from an early church site or monastery namely Cill Bhrain, i.e. the church of Saint Bran. [2]

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Kilbrin is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West.

Archbishop Thomas Croke, whom Croke Park stadium was named after, was born in Castlecor (parish of Kilbrin).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - kilbrin". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office.
  2. 1 2 "Cill Bhrain / Kilbrin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. 23 December 2020.