Kiltallagh Explained

Kiltallagh
Settlement Type:Civil parish
Native Name:Irish: Cill Tulach
Pushpin Map:Ireland
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kerry
Subdivision Type3:Barony
Subdivision Name3:Trughanacmy
Timezone:IST
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:52.187°N -9.668°W
Blank Name:Irish grid reference

Kiltallagh,[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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cill Tulach / Kiltallagh . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 26 April 2022 .
  2. Book: Lewis, Samuel . https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/K/Kiltalla-Trughenackmy-Kerry.php. Kiltalla. 1837 . . Dublin . Lewis .
  3. Web site: 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. Web site: Saint Cartach's Church, Meanus (Tr. By.) Castleisland Ed, Castlemaine, Kerry . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 26 April 2022 .
  5. Web site: United Dioceses Of Tuam, Limerick And Killaloe - Kilcolman (Milltown) . Church of Ireland . 26 April 2022 . Kiltallagh St Carthage (Castlemaine) .
  6. Web site: Co. Kerry, Castlemaine, Church of St Carthage (CI, Kiltallagh Parish) . Irish Architectural Archive . Dictionary of Irish Architects . 26 April 2022 .
  7. Book: Murphy, J A . The Church of Ireland in Co Kerry . 168 . 2012 . 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. Web site: Chapter 5 - Record of Protected Structures . Kerry County Council . Draft Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028 . 26 April 2022 .
  9. Web site: Kiltallagh civil parish, Kerry . johngrenham.com . 26 April 2022 .
  10. Web site: Civil Parish of Kiltallagh, Co. Kerry . townlands.ie . 26 April 2022 .