placenamesKilbarron
Cill Bharráin
Annagh’s house at Kilbiller and a 2024 heritage event preserve different kinds of evidence about the wider district.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Bharráin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilbarron · English · main form
Place & story
Annagh at Kilbiller
Annagh House at Kilbiller dates to about 1820 in the architectural inventory. Its projecting central bay interrupts a two-storey frontage, with paired sash windows and a hipped slate roof. A substantial outbuilding has a central carriage arch, while a smaller gate lodge marks another part of the estate. The house’s townland distinguishes it from Annagh Castle farther south. [2]
Presenting the old church’s history
An illustrated panel for Kilbarron Old Church was launched on 22 August 2024 during Heritage Week. Bad weather moved the ceremony into the village hall. Tipperary heritage officer Róisín O’Grady unveiled the panel, and National Monuments Service archaeologist Caimin O’Brien spoke about the church and people associated with its graveyard. [3]
John Cormack’s wider journeys
The event report records O’Brien tracing the military travels of John Cormack from Clonmakilladuff through India, England, Kildare and Sri Lanka before his return to Ireland. Cormack’s burial in the old graveyard gave the talk a precise local connection; the account does not identify him as born in Kilbarron village. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbarron. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Annagh House, Kilbiller, 22400909 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Church panel unveiled in Kilbarron, 16 September 2024 · Nenagh Guardian, report of Kilbarron Terryglass Historical Society Heritage Week event
- Kilbarron electoral division: mapped townlands · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.