placenamesKilcorney
Cill Coirne
Lewis associates the district with a clash between Broghill’s and Muskerry’s forces in 1651.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Coirne · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcorney · English · main form
Place & story
Knockbrack or Knockiclashy
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Kilcorney account records a battle in 1651 at a place he calls Knockbrack or Knockiclashy. He situates it on the parish borders and identifies the opposing commanders as Lord Broghill, leading parliamentary forces, and Lord Muskerry. This is a historical association with the parish’s surrounding district, rather than a precise identification of a battlefield inside its boundary. Lewis’s short notice supplies neither casualty figures nor a detailed account of the fighting. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Coordinates
- 52.05718, -8.94872
- Mapped area
- 35.78 km²
- Logainm ID
- 730 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcorney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilcorney, 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.