Kilcullane () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

and

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

located in

County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision ...

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. The civil parish is in the barony of

Smallcounty Smallcounty or ‘’’Small County’’’ ( ga, An Déis Bheag) is a historical Barony (Ireland), barony in County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Settlements in the barony include Hospital, County Limerick, Hospital, Herbertstown, Fed ...

. It is located in east County Limerick near the village of

Bruff Bruff () is a town in east County Limerick, in the midwest of Ireland, located on the old Limerick–Cork road ( R512). The town lies on the Morning Star river, with two bridges in the town itself. The horseshoe lake of Lough Gur is nearby ...

. The north-eastern part of the parish borders the parish of Ballinard.

Ecclesiastical parish

Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

parish of the same name 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. ParishesInCashelAndEmlyWithLegend3

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 The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( ga, Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in mid-western Ireland and the metropolis ...

.Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
- "Hospital and Herbertstown" There are two church buildings in the parish: the Sacred Heart Church, Herbertstown;National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, BALLINARD, Register number 21903224 St. John The Baptist, Hospital.

Townlands

There are five townlands in the parish: * Ballinscoola which constitutes 265 acres and is bounded to the west by the

River Camogue The River Camoge or Camogue (; ga, An Chamóg) is a river in Munster, Ireland, a tributary of the Maigue, which is itself a Shannon tributary. Course The River Camogue rises in County Tipperary near Emly. It enters County Limerick and is br ...

* Herbertstown (O'Grady) which constitutes 163 acres and forms the western side of the village of Herbertstown. * Herbertstown (Powell) which constitutes 163 acres and forms the southern edge of the village of Herbertstown. * Kilcullane which constitutes 724 acres and contains Kilcullane House alongside the ruins of a church and a castle. * Gortnaskagh which constitutes 72 acres and contained Gortnaskagh Lodge.

References

From Other: Civil parishes of County Limerick {{Limerick-geo-stub