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Knockcarron

A nineteenth-century school, quarry stone and revolutionary commemoration provide distinct traces of Knockcarron’s past.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Duntryleague passage tomb near Knockcarron, County Limerick.
Illustration, Duntryleague passage tomb, about three kilometres southeast of Knockcarron, County Limerick
Recorded locationKnockcarron52.42943° N · 8.34813° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Knockcarron · English · main form

Place & story

The old national school

Knockcarron National School at Ballylooby is a protected structure in Limerick's county record. Built in 1873, the detached school has a single-storey, five-bay form. It provides a firmly dated landmark for the community's nineteenth-century educational history. [2]

Stone carried beyond the village

Knockcarron's limestone had uses beyond its own buildings. Saint Ailbe's Church in nearby Emly was constructed in 1880–82 using stone from quarries at Hospital and Knockcarron. Designed by George Coppinger Ashlin and built by Healy Brothers of Tralee, that church preserves a material connection with this Limerick locality. Its dedication followed in January 1883. [3]

Remembering the revolutionary years

Knockcarron was a stopping point on the 2019 centenary tour organised by the local history group Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution. The organisers recalled four Volunteers lost here on 2 May 1921, during the fighting associated with nearby Lackelly. Their tour linked the locality with Knocklong, Soloheadbeg and other sites of the War of Independence, showing how the events remain part of the area's commemorative landscape. [4]

Geographic information

Place type
Town
County
Limerick
Barony
Coshlea
Civil parish
Galbally
Coordinates
52.42943, -8.34813 (approximate)
Logainm ID
1412607 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Knockcarron. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Record of Protected Structures: Cappamore–Kilmallock, entry 110 · Limerick City and County Council
  3. Saint Ailbe’s Church continues 1,500 years of Christian worship in Emly · Patrick Comerford
  4. Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution commemorate Soloheadbeg · Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution; TipperaryLive
  5. Duntryleague passage tomb near Knockcarron, County Limerick illustration: based on a Megalithic Tomb, Duntryleague by Neil Theasby. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-08-29. How this page was prepared.