Cordal

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.{{cite book| title = Record of Monuments and Places - County Kerry | date = 1998 | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | place = Dublin }}{{cite book | title = Archaeological inventory of County Kerry | editor1-first = Elizabeth | editor1-last = Byrne | editor2-first = Alison | editor2-last = McQueen | editor3-first = Rhoda | editor3-last = Cronin | series = Archaeological Survey of Ireland | publisher = Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government | date = 2009 | isbn = 9780755776238 | oclc = 436259331 }}{{cite web|url = https://www.kerrycoco.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kilnanima-Graveyard-Survey-2011.pdf | publisher = Kerry County Council | title = Archaeological Survey of Kilnanima, Cordal, County Kerry (Cordal East) | date = July 2011 | accessdate = 5 April 2024 | editor-first = Robert | editor-last = Hanbidge }}

The ruins of Kilmurry Castle, in Kilmurry townland approximately {{convert|1|mile}} north of Cordal village, include a 16th-century tower house and a later 17th-century fortified house addition.{{cite book | title = Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage & Topography | first = T. J. | last = Barrington | publisher = Blackwater | date = 1976 | isbn = 9780905471006 | quote = less than a mile further on, in a field on the right, is [..] Kilmurry Castle [..] a 16th century tower house to which was added a now much ruined fortified house of the early part of the 17th century | page = 230 }} This castle reputedly gives its name to Ballincuslane parish ({{lang|ga|Baile an Chaisleáin}} meaning 'town[land] of the castle').{{citation | url = https://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/OSI-Letters/KERRY_14%20C%2030.pdf | work = Ordnance Survey Letters | title = Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Letters, Kerry | first = John | last = O'Donovan| date = 1841 | page = 603 (14 C 30 / 28) }}{{cite book | title = The Castles of South Munster | first = Mike |last = Salter | date = 2004 | isbn = 9781871731668 | publisher = Folly Publications | page = 104 }}

The local Catholic church (opened 1872) and Church of Ireland church (built {{circa|1850}}) are both in Cordal West.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21304001/catholic-church-of-the-immaculate-conception-cordal-west-co-kerry | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry | accessdate = 5 April 2024}}{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21304002/cordal-church-cordal-west-co-kerry | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Cordal Church (Ballincuslane), Cordal West, Cordal, Kerry | accessdate = 5 April 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url = https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/parish/castleisland/ | publisher = Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry | website = dioceseofkerry.ie | title = Parish - Castleisland | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }}

There is an An Post post office{{cite web|url = https://www.anpost.com/Store-Locator/CORDAL | work = An Post | title = Store Locator - Cordal Post Office, Cordal West, Castleisland, Co. Kerry | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }} and a public house in the village.{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/news/flow-goes-into-reverse-as-cordal-opens-its-first-pub/27362035.html | newspaper = The Kerryman | title = Flow goes into reverse as Cordal opens its first pub | date = 17 March 2005 | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }} The local national (primary) school, Kilmurry National School or Scoil Mhuire, is in Kilmurry townland and had approximately 100 pupils enrolled as of late 2019.{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://goviedevassets.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/000e9084761-feaa-481e-aca9-82e918ff1136/10394G_CEM_14276_20191205.pdf#page=null | publisher = Department of Education | website = gov.ie | title = Scoil Mhuire B&C, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry (10394G) | date = 4 December 2019 | accessdate = 5 April 2024 | quote = Scoil Mhuire B&C is a Catholic, mainstream school situated in the townland of Kilmurry, Cordal [..] There are a hundred pupils enrolled in the school }} The area is served by some limited TFI Local Link bus routes.{{cite web|url = https://www.locallinkkerry.ie/cordal/ | publisher = Transport for Ireland | website = locallinkkerry.ie | title = Cordal | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }}

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Cordal GAA,{{cite web|url = https://www.kerrygaa.ie/pixpopup-item/cordal/ | publisher = Kerry GAA | title = Board: East Kerry Committee - Cordal / Cul | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }} won the East Kerry intermediate football championship in 2023.{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/cordal-win-east-kerry-ifc-final-thanks-to-sean-og-o-ciardubhains-brilliant-long-and-late-winning-free/a1135637552.html | newspaper = The Kerryman | title = Cordal win East Kerry IFC final thanks to Sean Óg Ó Ciárdubhain’s brilliant long and late winning free | date = 6 November 2023 | accessdate = 5 April 2024 }}

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Category:Towns and villages in County Kerry