Killavullen

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Killavullen (Cill an Mhuilinn in Irish: "The Church of the Mill") is a village in North Cork on the river Blackwater. The village is 6 miles east of Mallow and about 20 miles north of Cork city. The census of 2002 put the population at 224. The parish of Killavullen & Annakissa probably contains close to 1500 people.

The modern parish includes the former parish of Annakissa. The church in the village as built in 1839 and is dedicated to St. Nicholas.

The village contains Ballymacmoy House, home of the Hennessy family of Cognac fame. The present house was built in 1818. The original was a short distance up river.

Edmund Burke, parliamentarian and philosopher, received some of his early education in a hedge school in Killavullen. Nano Nagle, founder of the Presentation Sisters, was born near Killavullen (in Ballygriffin) in 1718.

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Coordinates: 52°09′N 8°31′W

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