Stack's Mountain, County Kerry

Stack's Mountain (Irish: Cnoc an Stacaigh) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland, named after the Stack family.[1][2] The range of hills known as Stack's Mountains - which includes the eponymous peak (323m) - extend over a larger area).

Stack's Mountain
Irish: Cnoc an Stacaigh
townland
CountryIreland
CountyCounty Kerry
BaronyClanmaurice
Civil parishKilflynn
Area
 • Total376.27 ha (929.78 acres)

It is one of sixteen ancient townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and lies to the west of the parish. Its northern edge is bounded by the River Shannow from the Waterfall, and is just clipped by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road. It is partly forested and largely rural.[1]

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 Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny, their land was taken 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.[3][4][5][6]

Representation

Stack's Mountain is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony.[7]

The local parliamentary constituency (since 2016) is Kerry, returning five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann.[8]

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. "Gort Cloiche". www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. The Down Survey of Ireland. "The Down Survey of Ireland: 1641 landowner search". The Down Survey of Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. Humphrys Family Tree. "Ponsonby". humphrysfamilytree.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. Lodge, John (1789). The Peerage of Ireland. Dublin: James Moore. p. 269. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. "The Ponsonbys". archive.spectator.co.uk. The Spectator. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. Diocese of Kerry. "Abbeydorney". Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. "TDs and Senators". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

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