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Knockbrack East

An Cnoc Breac Thoir

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Recorded locationKnockbrack East52.33599° N · 9.62723° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

breacspeckledcnochill

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

  • An Cnoc Breac Thoir · Irish · main form
  • Knockbrack East · English · main form

Place & story

Two mapped enclosures

The archaeological inventory records two ringforts in Knockbrack East, both marked on nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey maps. Its account describes the northern site as levelled, with no surface remains. For the southwestern fort, it cites a 1945 report of a collapsed, L-shaped souterrain; the later description records only uneven ground. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Kilflyn
Coordinates
52.33599, -9.62723
Mapped area
0.3 km²
Logainm ID
24569 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Knockbrack East. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Knockbrack East ringforts, KE021-103 and KE021-104 · National Monuments Service; derived from C. Toal, North Kerry Archaeological Survey, 1995
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-02-11. How this page was prepared.