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Civil parish

Killinkere gave its name to an Irish civil parish and was located mainly in the

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, but partly in the barony of Upper Loughtee, all in

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. The Civil Parish of Killinkere was used for local taxation and was shown on the nineteenth century

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purposes the Civil Parish was replaced by

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s in the mid-nineteenth century. According to the 1851 census the Civil Parish had a total of 49

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Ecclesiastical parishes

Church of Ireland parish

Killinkere, Church of Ireland - geograph

Killinkere Parish Church, Beagh Glebe, Killinkere, was built in 1817. It is the oldest of the churches in the Virginia Group of Parishes in the

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. The other churches in the group are Lurgan Parish Church in

(built 1821),

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Parish Church (built 1831), and Billis Church (built 1844). The four churches were amalgamated under one

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in 1972.

Roman Catholic parish

The Roman Catholic Parish of Killinkere has two places of worship. They are two of a number churches in the

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. St Ultan's Church, Corratinner, Killinkere, has the oldest history. The original church was in the townland of Gallon, about from the present church, and was part of a monastic settlement, dating from the 14th to the 16th century. The site was abandoned sometime between 1590 and 1641. During the penal times, Killinkere had no Roman Catholic place of worship. In 1790, a mud-thatched hut was erected in Killinkere, and in 1829 work on the present church began, which was completed by Christmas Day 1829. There have been a number of notable renovations in the interior during the 1920s, the 1960s and the 1990s. St Mary's Church, Clanaphilip, Termon, Killinkere, was shown as a ruin on a map in 1690. It was replaced a number of times, first as a mud wall church at Termon Cross in 1785, then a thatched building in 1810, and a barn-type church in 1870. Work on the present church began in 1973 and was blessed and opened in 1974. It incorporates the bell, baptismal font, the 1810 date-stone and the altar bell from the earlier buildings. The church was re-roofed and extensively renovated in 1992.

Townlands

The parish of Killinkere has a total of and made up of the following 49

s: * Assan, * Beagh Glebe, * Billis, * Burnew, * Cargagh, * Carnagarve, * Carnalynch, * Carrickeeshill, * Carrickgorman, * Carricknamaddoo, * Carricknaveagh, * Cleffin, * Coolnacola, * Corradooa, * Corraneden, * Corratinner, * Derryhum, * Drumagolan, * Drumederglass, * Drumfomina, * Drummallaght, * Drutamy, * Fartadreen, *

Finternagh Finternagh is a townland in County Cavan, Ireland. The townland covers . Finternagh is one of a number townlands of the Irish civil parish of Killinkere in the barony of Castlerahan, County Cavan, Province of Ulster. In the 1911 census of I ...

, * Gallon, * Galloncurra, * Gola, * Greaghadoo, * Greaghadossan, * Greaghclaugh, * Greaghduff, * Greaghnacunnia, * Greaghnafarna, * Invyarroge, * Killyduff, * Kilmore, * Lateaster, * Lismagiril, * Lisnabantry, * Lissacapple, * Lissanymore, * Lurgananure, * Lurganaveele, * Moylett, * Pottleduff, * Stramaquerty, * Termon, * Tievenaman, * Togher,

Notes

The parents of US Civil War general

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came from Killinkere.

References

External links

Killinkere Parish Townland Map
{{Civil parishes of County Cavan Civil parishes of County Cavan Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore