Knockbrack East, County Kerry

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Townland in County Kerry, Ireland

Knockbrack East

Irish: An Cnoc Breac Thoir

townland

Country| Ireland
County| County Kerry
Barony| Clanmaurice
Civil parish| Kilflynn

Knockbrack East, (Irish:An Cnoc Breac Thoir) is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland.[1]

It is one of the sixteen original townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and is its smallest. It is traversed by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road. The area covers 34.43 hectares (85.08 acres) of rural land.[2][3]

## Archaeology and history

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Knockbrack East contains two archaeological sites, namely ringforts, that are recognised as National Monuments: (Universal Transverse Mercator grid references): (29U 489356 621719 (marked as a circular enclosure on the Ordnance Survey maps of 1841 and 1898), 29U 489306 621600 (a collapsed L-shaped souterrain was noted in 1945, being used for animal burials).[4][5]

In 1641, Knockbrack East 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, Knockbrack East was granted to Protestant Cromwellian soldiers, Captain Henry Ponsonby (brother of Sir John Ponsonby),[6] John King (a commissioner in the court of claims for Irish settlements), Henry Austin and Colonel Chidley Coote[7][8] (son of Sir Charles Coote) in 1666. Ponsonby received several other townlands solely in his name in the parish.[9][10]

## Representation

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Knockbrack East 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

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* Civil parishes in Ireland
* Kilflynn

## References

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1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland. "Knockbrack East". www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
2. ^ Knockbrack East Townland. "Knockbrack East 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. ^ Long Hourihan, Patricia. "New Discoveries near Kilflynn, Co.Kerry". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
5. ^ National Monuments Service. "Historic Environment Viewer". www.archaeology.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
6. ^ BCW Project: Regimental Wiki. "Colonel John Ponsonby's Regiment of Horse". wiki.bcw-project.org. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
7. ^ BCW Project: Regimental Wiki. "Colonel Chidley Coote's Regiment of Horse". wiki.bcw-project.org. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
8. ^ Geni.com. "Col. Chidley Coote". www.geni.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
9. ^ The Down Survey of Ireland. "The Down Survey of Ireland: 1641 landowner search". The Down Survey of Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
10. ^ Humphrys Family Tree. "Ponsonby". humphrysfamilytree.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
11. ^ Diocese of Kerry. "Abbeydorney". Diocese of Kerry. Diocese of Kerry Ireland. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
12. ^ "TDs and Senators". www.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2022.