About Knocklong
Cnoc Loinge — the hill of the encampment
A village of a few hundred people in the Golden Vale of east County Limerick, sitting between the Galtee mountains and the Ballyhouras, with a hill behind it that has been argued over in writing for something like a thousand years.
- County
- LimerickProvince of Munster
- Population
- 2562016 census
- From Limerick city
- 29 kmsouth-east
- Parish
- KnocklongKnocklong / Glenbrohane for the GAA
- Coordinates
- 52°26′N 8°24′W
- On the map
- —buildings recorded
The history
Eighteen centuries, on its own page
The name that means the Ridge of the Oxen, the O'Hurley tower on the hill, the railway that opened in 1849, the rescue of Seán Hogan off the Cork train in 1919 and the creamery soviet that flew a red flag over the village in 1920 — all of it is set out as a timeline, with the source for every line of it named underneath.
The history of Knocklong
A dated timeline, sourced throughout, and honest about which parts are record and which are tradition.
Read the historyThe hurling
Knocklong plays its hurling with Garryspillane, the club for the Knocklong and Glenbrohane parish, founded in 1952 and playing in the south division of Limerick GAA. Black and amber, known as the Bouncers, and based at Knocklong Sports Field. It is a hurling club almost entirely — footballers in the parish play with Galbally.
The high point is 2005, when the club took the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship for the first and so far only time in its history.
- 2005Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
- 2003All-Ireland Sevens
- 2018, 2025Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
- 1960, 1970, 1978, 1984Limerick Junior Hurling Championship
- 1976, 1980, 1993Limerick Junior Football Championship
Fixtures go on the calendar
Matches, training, club events — anything with a date belongs on the village calendar so people can see it in one place.
See what's on →What is in the village
Taken from OpenStreetMap, which is maintained by people who live here, so this list is only as complete as the map is. If something of yours is missing, it can be added.
People from here
William Coffey — awarded the Victoria Cross.
Sir William Hurly, 3rd Baronet — the Hurly baronetcy of Knocklong ran from 1684 to 1691.
Where this comes from
Historical detail is drawn from the Wikipedia entries for Knocklong and Garryspillane GAA. The map data is © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
The population figure is from the 2016 census — the most recent one recorded for the village in that source. Anything on this page can be corrected: say so on the noticeboard.