Knockbrack East, County Kerry
Knockbrack East, is a townland of County Kerry, Ireland.
It is one of the sixteen original townlands of the civil parish of Kilflynn and is its smallest. It is traversed by the N69 Tralee-Listowel road. The area covers of rural land.Archaeology and history
Knockbrack East contains two archaeological sites, namely ringforts, that are recognised as National Monuments: :, 29U 489306 621600.
In 1641, Knockbrack East was described as 'common and unprofitable land'. Following the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652, land held by supporters of the Catholic Confederation was forfeited. After the further Act of Settlement of 1662, Knockbrack East was granted to Protestant Cromwellian soldiers, Captain Henry Ponsonby, John King, Henry Austin and Colonel Chidley Coote in 1666. Ponsonby received several other townlands solely in his name in the parish.Representation
Knockbrack East is in the Roman Catholic parish of Abbeydorney, whose priest is the Very Reverend Denis O’Mahony and who takes services at Abbeydorney and Kilflynn.
The townland is in the parliamentary constituency of Kerry, returning five TDs to Dáil Éireann.
