Cordal ( Irish : Cordal ) is a village and electoral division in County Kerry , Ireland. The townlands of Cordal East and Cordal West are in the civil parish of Ballincuslane and the historical barony of Trughanacmy . As of the 2011 census , Cordal East and Cordal West had populations of 115 and 117 residents respectively.
2-618: Evidence of ancient settlement in Cordal East and Cordal West townlands include a number of ring fort , fulacht fiadh , holy well , ecclesiastical enclosure and standing stone sites. The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Cordal village, include a 16th century tower house and a later 17th century fortified house addition. This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish ( Baile an Chaisleáin meaning 'town[land] of
4-698: The castle'). The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built c. 1850 ) are both in Cordal West. The Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is one of three churches in the ecclesiastical parish of Castleisland in the Diocese of Kerry . There is an An Post post office and a public house in the village. The local national (primary) school , Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire ,
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