Knockanure Explained

Knockanure
Native Name:	Irish: Cnoc an Iúir
Native Name Lang:	ga
Settlement Type:	Civil parish
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ireland
Coordinates:	52.4624°N -9.371°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Munster
Subdivision Name2:	County Kerry
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population Density Km2:	auto

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. Scoil Chorp Chríost is the primary school in Knockanure. There is a pub called Flynn's Bar.

Population centres within Knockanure civil parish include Kilmorna .^[2] 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.^{[3] [4] [5]}

People

• Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet
• Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord^[6]

See also

• The Valley of Knockanure

Notes and References

1. Web site: logainm.ie . Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure . Placenames Database of Ireland . 6 April 2024 .
2. Web site: Sub-units of: Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 6 April 2024 . Coill Mhaonaigh/Kilmorna [..] population centre [..] Civil Parish Cnoc an Iúir/Knockanure.
3. News: Murder of Sir A. Vicars . The Times . 15 April 1921.
4. Web site: The Kilmorna Papers: A family’s long-awaited 'closure' . The Kerryman . 28 October 2021 . 6 April 2024 .
5. Web site: The War Of Independence In North Kerry 1921 - Kilmorna House & Sir Arthur Vicar . kerrywritersmuseum.com . 6 April 2024 .
6. Web site: Tributes paid to North Kerry woman who helped Allied Forces defeat Nazi Germany . 2023-12-19 . RadioKerry.ie . en.