Cloghaneleskirt, County Kerry

Cloghaneleskirt (Irish: Clothán leiscirt) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland.[1][2]

Cloghaneleskirt
Irish: Clothán leiscirt
townland
CountryIreland
CountyCounty Kerry
BaronyClanmaurice
Civil parishKilflynn
Area
 • Total348.44 ha (861.02 acres)

It is one of the sixteen original townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and is the most westerly of them. The north is partly bordered by a tributary of the Shannow river. The townland consists of rural land, some of it forested, with a large area having had turf cut from it for local fuel.

Immediately north of Cloghaneleskirt is the Pallas Wind Farm (or Clahane wind farm) which has 26 turbines with a nominal power of 53.8 megawatts.[3]

History

The Irish name has yet to be confirmed officially. There have been different anglicized spellings including Clahaneleskirt, Clahaneliskurt, and Clohanleskart. In the 1841 Ordnance Survey parish namebook it is noted as meaning 'south stony ford'.[2] There is information from local people in the 1936 'Schools Collection' about the district as well as folk tales.[4]

Cloghaneleskirt was originally owned by James Stack, of the Stack family common to the area and the eponymous mountain, mountain range and adjacent townland. He was a supporter of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Catholic Confederation. As a result, his land was confiscated by Cromwell's forces after the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652. It was granted to Henry Ponsonby (born 1620), a Cromwellian soldier, after the Act of Settlement of 1662.[5][6][7]

Representation

Cloghaneleskirt is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony.[8]

The local parliamentary constituency (since 2016) is Kerry, returning five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil Éireann. The current TDs are Norma Foley (Fianna Fáil), Pa Daly (Sinn Féin), Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael), Danny Healy-Rae (Independent) and Michael Healy-Rae (Independent).[9]

See also

References
  1. RootsWeb. "Kilflyn Civil Parish & Townland Map". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland. "Cloghaneleskirt". www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. The Wind Power. "Cloghaneleskirt". www.thewindpower.net. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. Ladhar an Chrompáin. "Ladhar an Chrompáin (roll number 14998)". www.duchas.ie. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. Humphrys Family Tree. "Ponsonby". humphrysfamilytree.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland. Dublin: James Moore. p. 269. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. "The Ponsonbys". archive.spectator.co.uk. The Spectator. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. Diocese of Kerry. "Abbeydorney". Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. "Dáil Éireann Members' Directory". Tithe an Oireachtas (Houses of the Oireachtas). Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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