KILFLYN

In 1868, the parish of Kilflyn contained the following places:

"KILFLYN, a parish in the barony of Coshlea, county Limerick, province of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Kilfinnane. Kilmallock is its post town. The parish is 3 miles long by 2 broad, and contains the village of Ballyorgan. The surface, which is mountainous, is traversed by the road from Kilmallock to Fermoy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Limerick, value 2141, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1811. A Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Glenroe. There are two day schools. This district was settled by several palatine families from Rathkeale in 1740. There are remains of a monastery founded by St. Finian in the 6th century, and rebuilt in 1296 by the Fitzgeralds. Some people, in search of a supposed treasure, undermined the foundation of this building, and a large portion of it fell in 1835. Slate is quarried."

"BALLYORGAN, a village in the parish of Kilflyn, in the barony of Coshlea, and county of Limerick, province of Munster, Ireland, 8 miles to the S. of Kilmallock."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018