Kiltallagh

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Kiltallagh
Irish: Cill Tulach
Civil parish
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Kiltallagh Catholic church, in Killeagh townland, is dedicated to Saint Carthage
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Kiltallagh
Coordinates: 52°11′13″N9°40′05″W / 52.187°N 9.668°W / 52.187; -9.668
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Kerry
Barony Trughanacmy
Time zone UTC+1 (IST)
Irish grid reference Q847056

Kiltallagh (Irish : Cill Tulach, meaning 'church of the hillock'), [1] sometimes known as Kiltalla, [2] is a civil parish in the historical barony of Trughanacmy in County Kerry, Ireland. Castlemaine is the largest settlement in the civil parish.

The local Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Carthage, is in Castlemaine Parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry. [3] The Church of Ireland church, in Meanus townland in Kiltallagh, is also dedicated to Saint Carthage (or Cartach) and is in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. [4] [5] St. Carthage's, built in 1816 on the site of an earlier church, [6] [7] is listed on the Record of Protected Structures by Kerry County Council. [8] As of the 1830s, the parish had a population of approximately 1720 people, of whom 387 lived in the town of Castlemaine. [2]

The townlands and settlements located in Kiltallagh include: Annagh, Ardatedaun, Ballycrispin, Ballygamboon Lower, Ballygamboon Upper, Ballynamona Lower, Ballynamona Upper, Ballyraymeen Lower, Ballyraymeen Upper, Castlemaine, Cloghleagh, Cloonalassan, Cunnavoola, Cuss, Gransha Lower, Gransha Upper, Killeagh, Killeenafinnane, Laharan, Lisnanoul, Meanus and Tonreagh. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cill Tulach / Kiltallagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Kiltalla". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland . Dublin: Lewis.
  3. ↑ "Castlemaine Parish - Serving St Gobnait, Keel, Castlemaine St Carthage, Kiltallagh". castlemaineparish.com. [S]aint Carthage's Church is a Roman Catholic Church [..] St. Carthage was born in Kiltallagh. St. Carthage's Church is in Castlemaine Parish in the Diocese of Kerry
  4. ↑ "Saint Cartach's Church, Meanus (Tr. By.) Castleisland Ed, Castlemaine, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "United Dioceses Of Tuam, Limerick And Killaloe - Kilcolman (Milltown)". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 26 April 2022. Kiltallagh St Carthage (Castlemaine)
  6. ↑ "Co. Kerry, Castlemaine, Church of St Carthage (CI, Kiltallagh Parish)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Murphy, J A (2012). The Church of Ireland in Co Kerry. p. 168. ISBN   9781471080258. Kiltallagh (Castlemaine) St Cathage (Carthach) [..] In 1797, it was noted that Kiltallagh was 'a decent church [..] still in good repair in the early nineteenth century (Carlisle) though subsequently rebuilt or enlarged
  8. ↑ "Chapter 5 - Record of Protected Structures" (PDF). Draft Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028. Kerry County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Kiltallagh civil parish, Kerry". johngrenham.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Civil Parish of Kiltallagh, Co. Kerry". townlands.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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