Stack's Mountain, County Kerry Explained

Stack's Mountain
Settlement Type:townland
Native Name:Irish: Cnoc an Stacaigh
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Stack's Mountain shown within Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:County Kerry
Subdivision Type2:Barony
Subdivision Name2:Clanmaurice
Subdivision Type3:Civil parish
Subdivision Name3:Kilflynn
Area Total Ha:376.27
Area Total Acre:929.78

Stack's Mountain (Irish: Cnoc an Stacaigh) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland, named after the Stack family.[1] [2] The range of hills known as Stack's Mountains - which includes the eponymous peak (323m) - extend over a larger area).

It is one of sixteen ancient townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and lies to the west of the parish. Its northern edge is bounded by the River Shannow from the Waterfall, and is just clipped by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road. It is partly forested and largely rural.[1]

History

The townland was listed as 'common and unprofitable' land. The Stacks owned thousands of acres between them in the parish and elsewhere. Because the family supported the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and the Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, their land was taken by Cromwell's forces following the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652. In 1666, Henry Ponsonby, a 46-year-old former soldier who had fought for Cromwell, was granted the land after the Act of Settlement of 1662.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Representation

Stack's Mountain is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony.[7]

The local parliamentary constituency (since 2016) is Kerry, returning five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RootsWeb. Kilflyn Civil Parish & Townland Map. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. 10 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170617210101/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/kilflyn.html. 17 June 2017. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Placenames Database of Ireland. Gort Cloiche. www.logainm.ie. 10 October 2017.
  3. Web site: The Down Survey of Ireland. The Down Survey of Ireland: 1641 landowner search. The Down Survey of Ireland. 10 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Humphrys Family Tree. Ponsonby. humphrysfamilytree.com. 10 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160319181701/http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Blennerhassett/ponsonby.html. 19 March 2016. dmy-all.
  5. Book: Lodge. John. The Peerage of Ireland. 1789. James Moore. Dublin. 269. 10 October 2017.
  6. Web site: The Ponsonbys. archive.spectator.co.uk. The Spectator. 10 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Diocese of Kerry. Abbeydorney. Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. 10 October 2017.
  8. Web site: TDs and Senators. www.oireachtas.ie. 28 August 2022.