placenamesKilmurry
Cill Muire
Five annual fair dates and four schools appear in an account of the parish before the Famine.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Muire · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmurry · English · main form
Place & story
A calendar of livestock trading
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded fairs at Kilmurry village on 1 February, 1 May, 8 September, 1 November and 21 December. Cattle and pigs were the principal livestock traded. The village also had a constabulary station, placing a police presence alongside its recurring gatherings for trade. [2]
Education across the parish
Lewis counted four hedge schools in the parish, attended by about 180 children altogether. His account also noted the remains of the old parish church near Kilmurry village. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Coordinates
- 51.84012, -8.88636
- Mapped area
- 36.09 km²
- Logainm ID
- 625 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmurry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmurry (Cork) — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.