Knockanure () 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 ...

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

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. It is near the town of

Listowel Listowel ( ; , ) is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,794 according to the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the third large ...

and the village of

Moyvane Moyvane (), also sometimes known as Newtownsandes, is a small village in County Kerry in the south west of Ireland. It is situated off the N69 road between Listowel to the southwest and Tarbert to the north. The village of Knockanure lies ...

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Knockanure parish contains a

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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 (). Kilmorna House, a former country house historically associated with the Vicars and Mahony families, was burned during the

Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence (), also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and Unite ...

in April 1921.

People

* Dan Keane (1919–2012), poet * Maureen Flavin Sweeney (1923–2023), postmistress involved in weather forecasting for Operation Overlord

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Towns and villages in County Kerry Civil parishes of County Kerry {{kerry-geo-stub

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