the parish of kilflynn ( kilfloinie ) detailed in barony of clanmaurice ( clan morris ) william petty s down survey of ireland, 1656-1658
a map of civil parish of kilflynn indicating sixteen townlands.
prior velabri around kerry head , further south iverni people (or iernoi earlier greek) noted ptolemy concentrated in south-west area of ireland, speaking primitive goidelic language similar gaulish (as recorded on ogham stones, examples found close in knockbrack , tralee, 6th century). Érainn, in irish tradition, may name same group of people there linguistic links.
kilflynn historical civil parish in barony of clanmaurice. barony developed area had been in control of native leaders (especially o conors) taken on norman, maurice, son of thomas fitzgerald of shanid died in 1213. thomas fitzgerald himself son of maurice fitzgerald, lord of llanstephan, had supported strongbow , lord pembroke, in cambro-norman invasion of ireland in 1169 , began geraldine dynasty in ireland , house of desmond. later earls of county kerry scions of fitzmaurice barons.
kilflynn has sixteen constituent townlands: ballyconnell, cappagh, castletown, cloghaneleskirt, cloonnafinneela, crotta, fahavane, glanballyma, gortclohy, kilflynn (village), knockbrack east, knockbrack west, knocknahila, rea, stack’s mountain , tooreen.
the stack family, of norman heritage, had seat @ crotto (later known crotta) north of kilflynn , owned surrounding townlands.
crotta house, drawn john preston neale, 1823
crotta house, in 1902, in disrepair.
kilflynn had been known stackstown, , name remains geographically in stack s mountains south-east of kilflynn. family landowners, namely james (owner of garrynagore, gortclohy , cloghanaleskirt), john (owner of aghacoora), richard (owner of killaspicktarvin (and more northerly townlands)) , thomas stack (owner of gortaneare, ballyconnell, castletown, crotta, glanballyma, knocknahila, cloonnafinneela, , cappagh) forfeited landed possessions because of support irish rebellion of 1641 , subsequent catholic confederation. reconquest of ireland between 1649 , 1652 cromwellian forces after english civil war resulted in act settlement of ireland of 1652 required survey redistribution of land (hence sir william petty s survey) invading soldiers in lieu of wages. henry ponsonby, younger brother of colonel in new model army, recipient of of stacks (and others ) confiscated land - of profitable. reconfirmed in 1666, after acts of settlement. part of down s survey pender s census, taken between 1654 , 1659. census refers barony of clanmorice , townland of crottoe , tituladoe henry ponsonby esq. population whole of clanmaurice given 1126, of whom 86 english , 1040 irish. there 17 surname stack , 17 fitzmorrice , macmorrice .
ponsonby built crotta house in 1669. house sold in 1842 thomas carrique ponsonby (later resident in dublin, possibly marked end of ponsonbys in kerry) , being leased 1850 lieutenant colonel henry horatio kitchener, father horatio herbert kitchener, first earl kitchener, earl of khartoum, field marshal of british army , minister war great britain, spent of youth @ crotta. derelict remains of house collapsed or demolished in 20th century.
the young horatio herbert kitchener on mother s lap in 1851, older brother , sister
from 1840 poor law union plans (as basic administrative division) of listowel replaced norman clanmaurice barony , civil parish boundaries (although latter continued used make comparisons) after act of 1838.
kilflynn on main road tralee county limerick. farming principal industry centuries , services such forges smithing, , lime kilns late 1600s (to make lime acidic soils) developed around this. local forges still operational in mid-20th century. remains of kilns can still found dotted landscape. there population decline, possibly partly associated opening of main tralee-listowel road south in 1846, , north kerry railway line stations opening @ abbeydorney , lixnaw in 1880 (the line ceasing services entirely 1978). however, there 1840s onwards significant effect of peak years of great famine in between 20% , 30% of population of kerry died or emigrated (see map). in 1841, 1851 , 1861 population of kilflynn village 147, 134 , 119 respectively (in 2011 126). area covers 2 election districts (kilflynn , kilfeighny) these figures may not entirely representative.
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