Cordal
| Cordal | |
| County Kerry | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6277288.jpg) Kilmurry Castle, north of Cordal | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | R054082 |
| Location: | 52°13’5"N, 9°23’6"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tralee |
Cordal is a village in County Kerry. The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the Barony of Trughanacmy.[1][2]
The 2011 census recorded the population of Cordal East and Cordal West as 115 and 117 respectively.
There is a post office and a public house in the village.[3]
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.[4][5][6]
The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately a mile north of Cordal village, include a 16th century tower house and a later 17th century fortified house addition.[7] This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish (Baile an Chaisleáin, meaning 'town[land] of the castle').[8][9]
The Church of Ireland church was built around 1850, and the Roman Catholic church in 1872: both in Cordal West.
Sport
- Gaelic sports: Cordal GAA
References
- ↑ "Cordal East Townland, Co. Kerry". https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/trughanacmy/ballincuslane/scartaglin/cordal-east/. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ↑ "Cordal West Townland, Co. Kerry". https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/trughanacmy/ballincuslane/scartaglin/cordal-west/. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ↑ "Flow goes into reverse as Cordal opens its first pub". The Kerryman. 17 March 2005. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/news/flow-goes-into-reverse-as-cordal-opens-its-first-pub/27362035.html. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1998.
- ↑ Byrne, Elizabeth; McQueen, Alison; Cronin, Rhoda, eds (2009). Archaeological inventory of County Kerry. Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. ISBN 9780755776238. OCLC 436259331.
- ↑ Hanbidge, Robert, ed (July 2011). "Archaeological Survey of Kilnanima, Cordal, County Kerry (Cordal East)". Kerry County Council. https://www.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kilnanima-Graveyard-Survey-2011.pdf. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ↑ Barrington, T. J. (1976). Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage & Topography. Blackwater. p. 230. ISBN 9780905471006.
- ↑ O'Donovan, John (1841), "Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Letters, Kerry", Ordnance Survey Letters: p. 603 (14 C 30 / 28), https://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/OSI-Letters/KERRY_14%20C%2030.pdf
- ↑ Salter, Mike (2004). The Castles of South Munster. Folly Publications. p. 104. ISBN 9781871731668.
- Cordal: Placenames Database of Ireland
