Kilcullane () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

and

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located in

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. The civil parish is in the barony of

Smallcounty Smallcounty or Small County () is a historical barony in eastern County Limerick, Ireland. Settlements in the barony include Hospital, Herbertstown, Fedamore and Knockainy. Location Located in County Limerick, the barony of Smallcounty is bor ...

. It is located in east County Limerick near the village of

Bruff Bruff () is a town in east County Limerick, in the midwest of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, located on the old Limerick–Cork (city), Cork road (R512 road (Ireland), R512). The town lies on the River Maigue, Morning Star river, with two bridg ...

. The north-eastern part of the parish borders the parish of Ballinard.

Ecclesiastical parish

Like all civil parishes, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with a pre-existing

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parish of the same name in the diocese of

Cashel and Emly Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word ''Caiseal'', meaning "stone fort") may refer to: Places in Ireland *Cashel, County Tipperary **The Rock of Cashel, an ancient, hilltop fortress complex for which Cashel is named **Archbishop ...

. According to Lewis' Topography of Ireland (1837), the Medieval church located in the townland of Kilcullane was recorded as being in ruins. ParishesInCashelAndEmlyWithLegend3

In the Catholic Church, the civil parish forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of "Herbertstown and Hospital" located at the western edge of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in mid-western Ireland, and the metropolis of the eponymous ecclesiastical province. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assump ...

.Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
- "Hospital and Herbertstown" There are two church buildings in the parish: the Sacred Heart Church, Herbertstown;National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, BALLINARD, Register number 21903224 St. John The Baptist, Hospital.

Townlands

There are five townlands in the parish: * Ballinscoola which constitutes 265 acres and is bounded to the west by the River Camogue * Herbertstown (O'Grady) which constitutes 163 acres and forms the western side of the village of Herbertstown. * Herbertstown (Powell) which constitutes 163 acres and forms the southern edge of the village of Herbertstown. * Kilcullane which constitutes 724 acres and contains Kilcullane House alongside the ruins of a church and a castle. * Gortnaskagh which constitutes 72 acres and contained Gortnaskagh Lodge.

References

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