What is recorded here

Knockane Church rose above the Gaddagh river as a living parish from 1433 to at least 1633, giving the graveyard its ancient purpose. It is the burial place of the Macgillycuddy’s of the Reeks, a branch of the O’Sullivan Mores tied to nearby Dromaloughane castle. The church is gone, but the graveyard remains, holding the names and bodies of a line that shaped south Kerry. A cross-inscribed stone from Killoughane was later set into its boundary wall, pulling one lost marker back into the place it belongs.

Knockane Church/ Teampall an Chnocáin: The remains of this church are located on a slight rise in a graveyard (KE065-012003-) situated a short distance E of the Gaddagh river. Ó Cíobháin suggests that it is to be identified with the parish church noted in Papal Annates of 1433, 1479, 1487 and 1511 (1985, lxx). It was described in 1615 as 'up and well' (Royal Visitation), and in 1622 was included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese. Its incumbent minister in 1633 was Willmus Lane, who was also minister of ‘Dunlo’ (TCD MS 2158 94, 37). The graveyard is the burial place of the Macgillycuddy’s of the Reeks, a branch of the O’Sullivan Mores who were associated with nearby Dromaloughane castle (KE065-059----). In the late 1980s a cross-inscribed stone from the adjoining townland of Killoughane (KE065-124----) was built into the boundary wall of the graveyard. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1089. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

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