Kilfinane is a small market town ) County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, Ireland

Ireland

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. The Town's name comes from the Irish words "Cill" (church) and "Fhíonáin" (Finian), making its meaning "Church of Saint Finian

Finnian of Clonard

Saint Finnian of Clonard , or Finian, 'Fionán' or 'Fionnán' in Irish, was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath. The Twelve Apostles of Ireland studied under him...

." Kilfinane is located approximately 40 km southeast of Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

, and approximately 70 km north-northwest of Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

. The town has a population of approximately 750 people.

At an elevation of over 150 metres, Kilfinane is the highest town in County Limerick. It is surrounded on three sides by the Ballyhoura Mountains

Ballyhoura Mountains

The Ballyhoura Mountains are located in south-east County Limerick and north-east County Cork in central Munster, running east and west for about 6 miles on the borders of both counties.-Features:...

, and on the fourth side is the "Golden Vale

Golden Vale

The Golden Vale is an area of rolling pastureland in the civil province of Munster, southwestern Ireland. Covering parts of three counties, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork, it is the best land in Ireland for dairy farming....

" region that runs through Counties Limerick, Cork

County Cork

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, and Tipperary

County Tipperary

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Famous People from Kilfinane

• Patrick Wallace (aka Staker Wallace) (18th century Irish freedom fighter)
• Sergeant Michael Fox, Irish police officer for 30 years, fought crime, solved social issues, drove several foundations to raise money and build a new secondary school and a sports complex which eventually was named after him when he died.

Founding member of the Leitrim Guardian magazine of which he was Lifetime president while alive.
Wrote the training manual for the Irish police which every recruit has to use, this task took him over two years, but unfortunately he received no acknowledgement on the book when it was printed.

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland
  Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland
  Market houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. Originally there were three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper floor was...