Kilcullane
Kilcullane (Irish: Cill Chathláin, meaning 'the church of Cathlán')[1 1] is a civil parish and townland located in County Limerick, Ireland. The civil parish is in the barony of Smallcounty. It is located in east County Limerick near the village of Bruff.[1] The north-eastern part of the parish borders the parish of Ballinard.
Kilcullane
Cill Chathláin | |
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Civil parish | |
![]() ![]() Kilcullane Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 52°30′N 8°29′W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Limerick |
Ecclesiastical parish
Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing Church of Ireland parish of the same name[2] in the diocese of Cashel and Emly. According to Lewis' Topography of Ireland (1837), the Medieval church located in the townland of Kilcullane was recorded as being in ruins.

In the Catholic Church, the civil parish forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of "Herbertstown and Hospital" located at the western edge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.[3] There are two church buildings in the parish: the Sacred Heart Church, Herbertstown;[4] St. John The Baptist, Hospital.
Townlands
There are five townlands in the parish:
- Ballinscoola[1 2] which constitutes 265 acres and is bounded to the west by the River Camogue
- Herbertstown (O'Grady)[1 3] which constitutes 163 acres and forms the western side of the village of Herbertstown.
- Herbertstown (Powell)[1 4] which constitutes 163 acres and forms the southern edge of the village of Herbertstown.
- Kilcullane[1 5] which constitutes 724 acres and contains Kilcullane House alongside the ruins of a church and a castle.
- Gortnaskagh[1 6] which constitutes 72 acres and contained Gortnaskagh Lodge.
References
From "Placenames Database of Ireland". Logainm. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- "Cill Chathláin/Kilcullane civil parish". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Ballinscoola townland". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Herbertstown (O'Grady) townland". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Herbertstown (Powell) townland". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Kilcullane townland". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Gortnaskagh townland". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
Other:
- "Kilcullane civil parish, Limerick". www.johngrenham.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- John Caillard Erck, The ecclesiastical register: containing the names of the dignitaries and parochial clergy of Ireland : as also of the parishes and their respective patrons and an account of monies granted for building churches and glebe-houses with ecclesiastical annals annexed to each diocese and appendixes : containing among other things several cases of quare impedit, (1927), page 113
- Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly - "Hospital and Herbertstown"
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage - Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, BALLINARD, Register number 21903224