Knockanure (Irish: Cnoc an Iúir) is a civil parish in County Kerry, Ireland. It is near the town of Listowel and the village of Moyvane.
Amenities
Knockanure parish contains a Catholic church, the Church Of Corpus Christi, which was built in 1964. Scoil Chorp Chríost is the primary school in Knockanure. There is a pub called Flynn's Bar.
Population centres within Knockanure civil parish include Kilmorna (Irish: Coill Mhaonaigh). Kilmorna House, a former country house historically associated with the Vicars and Mahony families, was burned during the Irish War of Independence in April 1921.
People
- Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet
- Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord
See also
- The Valley of Knockanure
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