Stack's Mountain, County Kerry
| Stack's Mountain TOWNLAND Irish: Cnoc an Stacaigh | |
| County Kerry | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°21’3"N, 9°34’7"W |
| Grid reference: | Q932232 |
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Stack's Mountain is a townland of County Kerry, in the Barony of Clanmaurice in the north of the county. It is named after the Stack family,[1] whose at one time owned large estates in this part of the county. The range of hills known as Stack's Mountains, also after the family estates, extends over a larger area. This range includes the eponymous peak; a hill of 1,060 feet also named 'Stack's Mountain'.
The northern edge of the townland is bounded by the River Shannow from its waterfall, and is just clipped by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road. It is partly forested and largely rural.
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 Roman Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, their land was seized 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.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Cnoc an Stacaigh: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ The Down Survey of Ireland. "The Down Survey of Ireland: 1641 landowner search". http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/landowners.php#l1=Stacke,+Thomas&l2=Stacke,+James+oge&mc=52.378025,-9.612268&z=11/. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ↑ Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland. Dublin: James Moore. p. 269. https://archive.org/stream/peerageofireland02lodg#page/268/mode/2up. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ↑ "The Ponsonbys". The Spectator. http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/14th-april-1866/12/the-ponsonbys. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- Cnoc an Stacaigh: Placenames Database of Ireland