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Kilfinnane
Irish: Cill Fhíonáin | |
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Town | |
 View from the Moat, Kilfinnane | |
  Kilfinnane Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°21′37″N 8°29′35″W / 52.3602778°N 8.4930556°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population | 921 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R680230 |
Kilfinnane or Kilfinane (Irish: Cill Fhíonáin)[2] (/ˌkɪlfɪˈnɑːn/ or /ˌkɪlfɪˈneɪn/, locally /kɪlˈfɪnən/)[3] is a small market town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town's name comes from the Irish Cill (church) and Fhíonáin (Finnian), making its meaning "Church of Saint Finnian".[citation needed] Kilfinnane is located approximately 40 km southeast of Limerick, and approximately 70 km north-northwest of Cork. It had a population of 789 at the 2016 census.[1]
At an elevation of over 150 metres (500 ft), Kilfinnane is the highest town in County Limerick. It is surrounded on three sides by the Ballyhoura Mountains, and on the fourth side is the "Golden Vale" region that runs through Counties Limerick, Cork, and Tipperary.
In 2014, Kilfinnane hosted the inaugural "HearSay International Audio Festival", an event focusing on creative audio.[4] The second HearSay Festival was held in November 2015 had over 80 workshops, installations and performances.[5]
- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilfinane". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Cill Fhíonáin/Kilfinnane". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Take No More". Documentary on One. RTÉ Radio 1. 15 December 2012. 0:15s-0:21s. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Bodkin, Peter. "Inside the 'Woodstock for radio' about to take over a small Limerick village". Business ETC. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "HearSay 2015. Memories". Bibliocook - All About Food. Retrieved 17 February 2016.