Cordal Explained

Cordal
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Kerry
Unit Pref:Metric
Coordinates:52.2181°N -9.3851°W
Blank Name:Irish grid reference

Cordal is a village and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland.[1] The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the historical barony of Trughanacmy.[2] [3] As of the 2011 census, Cordal East and Cordal West had populations of 115 and 117 residents respectively.[4]

Built heritage

Evidence of ancient settlement in Cordal East and Cordal West townlands include a number of ring fort, fulacht fiadh, holy well, ecclesiastical enclosure and standing stone sites.[5] [6] [7]

The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately north of Cordal village, include a 16th century tower house and a later 17th century fortified house addition.[8] This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin meaning 'town[land] of the castle').[9]

The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built) are both in Cordal West.[10] [11] The Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is one of three churches in the ecclesiastical parish of Castleisland in the Diocese of Kerry.[12]

Amenities and sport

There is an An Post post office[13] and a public house in the village.[14] The local national (primary) school, Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire, is in Kilmurry townland and had approximately 100 pupils enrolled as of late 2019.[15] The area is served by some limited TFI Local Link bus routes.[16]

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Cordal GAA,[17] won the East Kerry intermediate football championship in 2023.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cordal . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  2. Web site: Cordal East Townland, Co. Kerry . townlands.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  3. Web site: Cordal West Townland, Co. Kerry . townlands.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  4. Web site: CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate . Central Statistics Office . data.gov.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  5. Book: Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry . 1998 . National Monuments and Historic Properties Service . Dublin .
  6. Book: Archaeological inventory of County Kerry . Elizabeth . Byrne . Alison . McQueen . Rhoda . Cronin . Archaeological Survey of Ireland . Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government . 2009 . 9780755776238 . 436259331 .
  7. Web site: Archaeological Survey of Kilnanima, Cordal, County Kerry (Cordal East) . Kerry County Council . July 2011 . 5 April 2024 . Robert . Hanbidge .
  8. Book: Barrington, T. J. . Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage & Topography . Blackwater . 1976 . 9780905471006 . less than a mile further on, in a field on the right, is [..] Kilmurry Castle [..] a 16th century tower house to which was added a now much ruined fortified house of the early part of the 17th century . 230 .
  9. Book: Salter, Mike . The Castles of South Munster . 2004 . 9781871731668 . Folly Publications . 104 .
  10. Web site: Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry . . buildingsofireland.ie . 5 April 2024.
  11. Web site: Cordal Church (Ballincuslane), Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry . . buildingsofireland.ie . 5 April 2024.
  12. Web site: Parish - Castleisland . . dioceseofkerry.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  13. Web site: Store Locator - Cordal Post Office, Cordal West, Castleisland, Co. Kerry . . 5 April 2024 .
  14. News: Flow goes into reverse as Cordal opens its first pub . The Kerryman . 17 March 2005 . 5 April 2024 .
  15. Web site: Scoil Mhuire B&C, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry (10394G) . Department of Education . gov.ie . 4 December 2019 . 5 April 2024 . Scoil Mhuire B&C is a Catholic, mainstream school situated in the townland of Kilmurry, Cordal [..] There are a hundred pupils enrolled in the school .
  16. Web site: Cordal . . locallinkkerry.ie . 5 April 2024 .
  17. Web site: Board: East Kerry Committee - Cordal / Cul . . 5 April 2024 .
  18. News: Cordal win East Kerry IFC final thanks to Sean Óg Ó Ciárdubhain’s brilliant long and late winning free . . 6 November 2023 . 5 April 2024 .

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