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cegaal Member Posts: 2 From: Holland Registered: May 2003	posted 10 May 2003 03:23 PM Iam very interested in the history of the place Killelton in Co. Kerry. Pleace tel me everything you know or where I can find more information. Many thanks for your reply. IP: Logged
ChristopherP Veteran Member Posts: 267 From: Belfast Registered: Jun 2006	posted 24 April 2009 04:14 AM Major landowners were Hickie of Killelton, Aghavallen par, nr Ballylongford. They were listed as owning 3,400 acres William Creagh Hickey, Esq., J.P.: lived at Killelton, County Kerry, in 1864. The place name and surname varies depemding on where you look ... on the Subscribers List to A History of the Kingdom of Kerry ... 1871 William Creagh Hickie, Esq, Kiliton, Ballylongford is listed. [This message has been edited by ChristopherP (edited 24 April 2009).] IP: Logged
Pete Schermerhorn Moderator Posts: 162 From: Massachusetts, USA Registered: Sep 2002	posted 24 April 2009 11:20 PM I doubt if Cegaal is still looking at this forum for a reply......but if he is..... there are two Killeltons in Co. Kerry (I've actually visited both of them [gr]). One is up by Carrig Island in the Shannon estuary, and the other is out near Camp, on the Dingle Peninsula. Let me know which one it is. ------------------ Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts IP: Logged

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