Knockanure
Civil parish in Munster, Ireland
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Knockanure (Irish: Cnoc an Iúir)[1] is a civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the town of Listowel and the village of Moyvane.
Knockanure
Cnoc an Iúir | |
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Civil parish | |
  Knockanure Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52.4624°N 9.3710°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
Amenities
Knockanure parish contains a Catholic church, the Church Of Corpus Christi, which was built in 1964.[2] Scoil Chorp Chríost is the primary school in Knockanure. There is a pub called Flynn's Bar.[3]
Population centres within Knockanure civil parish include Kilmorna (Irish: Coill Mhaonaigh).[4] Kilmorna House, a former country house historically associated with the Vicars and Mahony families, was burned during the Irish War of Independence in April 1921.[5][6][7]
People
- Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet[8]
- Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord[9]
