Cordal

Cordal
Village
Kilmurry Castle, north of Cordal village, comprises a 16th century tower house and 17th century fortified house addition
Kilmurry Castle, north of Cordal village, comprises a 16th century tower house and 17th century fortified house addition
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°13′05″N 9°23′06″W / 52.2181°N 9.3851°W / 52.2181; -9.3851
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Kerry
Irish grid referenceR053082

Cordal (Irish: Cordal) is a village and electoral division in County Kerry, Ireland. The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the historical barony of Trughanacmy. As of the 2011 census, Cordal East and Cordal West had populations of 115 and 117 residents respectively.

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.

The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Cordal village, include a 16th-century tower house and a later 17th-century fortified house addition. This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish (Baile an Chaisleáin meaning 'town[land] of the castle').

The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built c. 1850) are both in Cordal West. The Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is one of three churches in the ecclesiastical parish of Castleisland in the Diocese of Kerry.

Amenities and sport

There is an An Post post office and a public house in the village. The local national (primary) school, Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire, is in Kilmurry townland and had approximately 100 pupils enrolled as of late 2019. The area is served by some limited TFI Local Link bus routes.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Cordal GAA, won the East Kerry intermediate football championship in 2023.

References

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  3. ↑ "Cordal West Townland, Co. Kerry". townlands.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "CD156 - Kerry Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1998.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Hanbidge, Robert, ed. (July 2011). "Archaeological Survey of Kilnanima, Cordal, County Kerry (Cordal East)" (PDF). Kerry County Council. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Barrington, T. J. (1976). Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage & Topography. Blackwater. p. 230. ISBN 9780905471006. less than a mile further on, in a field on the right, is [..] Kilmurry Castle [..] a 16th century tower house to which was added a now much ruined fortified house of the early part of the 17th century
  9. ↑ O'Donovan, John (1841), "Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Letters, Kerry" (PDF), Ordnance Survey Letters, p. 603 (14 C 30 / 28)
  10. ↑ Salter, Mike (2004). The Castles of South Munster. Folly Publications. p. 104. ISBN 9781871731668.
  11. ↑ "Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Cordal Church (Ballincuslane), Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Parish - Castleisland". dioceseofkerry.ie. Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Store Locator - Cordal Post Office, Cordal West, Castleisland, Co. Kerry". An Post. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Flow goes into reverse as Cordal opens its first pub". The Kerryman. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Scoil Mhuire B&C, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry (10394G)" (PDF). gov.ie. Department of Education. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2024. Scoil Mhuire B&C is a Catholic, mainstream school situated in the townland of Kilmurry, Cordal [..] There are a hundred pupils enrolled in the school
  17. ↑ "Cordal". locallinkkerry.ie. Transport for Ireland. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "Board: East Kerry Committee - Cordal / Cul". Kerry GAA. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  19. ↑ "Cordal win East Kerry IFC final thanks to Sean Óg Ó Ciárdubhain's brilliant long and late winning free". The Kerryman. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.