Tooreen, County Kerry

Tooreen, (Irish: An Tuairín) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland.[1]

Tooreen
Irish: An Tuairín
townland
CountryIreland
CountyCounty Kerry
BaronyClanmaurice
Civil parishKilflynn

It is one of the sixteen ancient townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn. The area covers 201.26 hectares (497.33 acres) of rural land.[2][3]

Archaeology, history and landscape

An archaeological site, listed as a National Monument, was found in Tooreen, namely a fulacht fiadh (burnt mound) (Universal Transverse Mercator grid reference: 29U 489859 620331). This site will require further research.[4]

In 1641, Tooreen was described as 'common and unprofitable land'. Following the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652, land held by supporters of the Catholic Confederation was forfeited. After the further Act of Settlement of 1662, Tooreen was given to the following Protestant Cromwellian soldiers: Captain Henry Ponsonby (brother of Sir John Ponsonby),[5] Lord King (a commissioner in the court of claims for Irish settlements), Henry Austin and Colonel Chidley Coote[6][7] (son of Sir Charles Coote) in 1666. Ponsonby also received several other townlands solely in his name in the parish.[8][9]

The land has conifer plantations and rises moving south up the western part of Stack's Mountains. Immediately along the southern boundary is the Tursillagh Wind Farm, containing 31 turbines.[10]

Representation

Tooreen is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony and who takes services at Abbeydorney and Kilflynn.[11]

The townland is in the parliamentary constituency of Kerry (since 2016), returning five TDs to Dáil Éireann.[12]

See also

References
  1. Placenames Database of Ireland. "Tooreen". www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  2. Tooreen Townland. "Tooreen Townland". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. RootsWeb. "Kilflyn Civil Parish & Townland Map". www.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. National Monuments Service. "Historic Environment Viewer". www.archaeology.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. BCW Project: Regimental Wiki. "Co. John Ponsonby's Regiment of Horse". wiki.bcw-project.org. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. BCW Project: Regimental Wiki. "Colonel Chidley Coote's Regiment of Horse". wiki.bcw-project.org. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. Geni.com. "Col. Chidley Coote". www.geni.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  8. The Down Survey of Ireland. "The Down Survey of Ireland: 1641 landowner search". The Down Survey of Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. Humphrys Family Tree. "Ponsonby". humphrysfamilytree.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  10. "Tursillagh Wind Farm". www.thewindpower.net. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. Diocese of Kerry. "Abbeydorney". Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  12. "TDs and Senators". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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