Kilfinny
Parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland
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Kilfinny (Irish: Cill na Fíonaí, meaning 'church of the wood')[1] is a civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.[2] It is close to Adare and Croom in the historical barony of Connello Upper.[3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of fulacht fiadh, holy well and ringfort sites in the townlands of Commons, Ballynakill and Kilfinny.[4] Kilfinny Castle, an Elizabethan-era fortified house built on the site of an earlier tower house, was besieged during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[5] The coordination of the castle's defence, during the siege, is historically attributed to Elizabeth Dowdall.[6][7]
The area's national (primary) school, known as Scoil Náisiúnta Ciarain or Kilfinny National School, had an enrollment of 53 pupils as of January 2024.[8] St Kieran's church is in the Roman Catholic parish of Croagh-Kilfinny in the Diocese of Limerick.[9] The current church is built on the site of an earlier late 18th-century chapel.[5] The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Croagh-Kilfinny GAA, was founded in 1903.[10]