Brosna Brosnach | |
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Village | |
  Brosna Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°18′43″N9°16′01″W / 52.312°N 9.267°W /52.312; -9.267 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population | 174 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R746888 |
Brosna (Irish:Brosnach)[2] is a village and parish situated in theSliabh Luachra area ofCounty Kerry,Ireland. It lies 16 km (9.9 mi) from the town ofCastleisland. Thecivil parish of Brosna consists of the village and a number oftownlands.[3] It is a mainly agricultural area, supporting two churches, two schools, a post office, and five public houses.
Brosna is a village in north east County Kerry. A number of Munster rivers have their sources in the parish, including the Clydagh, the Braonach, and theMunster Blackwater. The highest point is Mount Eagle. It is in the barony ofTrughanacmy.[2] Crochaun Mountain is 1,400 feet (430 m) above sea level.
Brosna lies close to the Cork/Kerry and Kerry/Limerick borders, and neighbouring towns includeCastleisland andKnocknagoshel in Kerry,Abbeyfeale andMountcollins in Limerick, andBallydesmond andRockchapel in Cork.[4]
InSamuel Lewis's 1837Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Brosna was recorded as having 2168 inhabitants in 18,013 statute acres.[5] The same entry notes that a "large portion of the land consisted of coarse mountain pasture and bog, the greater part of which might be reclaimed".[5] As of the first half of the 19th century, there were 2 private schools in the area, in which approximately 120 children were educated.[5] Lewis also records that theWhiteboys (an agrarian organisation involved in "disturbances" in support of tenant farmer rights) were active in the area in the 1820s.[5]
The placename ofBrosna orBrosnach may translate from theIrish for dried wood or fire wood.[6]
A thatched church was built about 1800 in the grounds of the graveyard near the present church.[4]
The present church of "St Moling & St Carthage" was built in 1868 to designs by architectGeorge Ashlin.[7] This church is inGothic Revival style, and built with sandstone rubble walls and limestone ashlar dressings.[8] The church is dedicated toSaint Moling, and was reputedly built from stone quarried from the lands in Knopoge, with local farmers bringing the stone to the site by horse and cart.[4] Many of the stained glass windows were donated by parishioners. The design of the marble altar is attributed toAugustus Pugin.[4] The marble altar rails are newer, and were donated by Denis Guiney in 1946, in memory of his parents Cornelius and Julia Guiney.[4] Denis Guiney (1893–1967) was a native of Brosna, and had been a long-term operator of theGuineys andClerys stores inDublin.[9][10] The church's stone presbytery was also built in the late 1860s. The presbytery was restored in 1998, and a restoration on the church itself was completed in 2010.[citation needed]
Also close to Brosna, in the foothills ofSliabh Luachra, is aholy well associated withSaint Moling.[11] The well is reputedly close to the spot where Saint Moling (c.614–697) was born.[11] The well has been a place of pilgrimage over the years, with visits to the well traditionally occurring every Saturday in May.[citation needed]
The localGaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Brosna GAA, is primarily aGaelic football club. Established in 1888,[12] the club participates in theNorth Kerry Senior Football Championship.[13] The club won the2014–15 All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.[14]
1841 [..] Brosnach, 'land of dried wood or fire wood' [..] OD:AL, Ci022,1
Denis Guiney, originally from Brosna, Co Kerry, became the most successful retailer in the city and ran Clerys until his death in 1967
Guineys & Co at 79–80 Talbot Street, which was the sister shop to Clerys on nearby O'Connell Street [..] was set up by Kerry businessman Denis Guiney, who bought Clerys in 1941
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