Kilfinane
(Irish: Cill Fhíonáin) is a small market town ) County Limerick, Ireland. The Town's name comes from the Irish words "Cill" (church) and "Fhíonáin" (Finian), making its meaning "Church of Saint Finian." Kilfinane is located approximately 40 km southeast of Limerick, and approximately 70 km north-northwest of Cork. The town has a population of approximately 1,000 people. At an elevation of over 150 metres, Kilfinane is the highest town in County Limerick. It is surrounded on three sides by the Ballyhoura Mountains, and on the fourth side is the "Golden Vale" region that runs through Counties Limerick, Cork, and Tipperary.
On an elevated ridge (Druim), Kilfinane has some serious connections archaeologically and historically with the ancient story of Ireland. It has given to Munster some of its most renowned Kings and Chiefs, while in its vicinity have been held mass gatherings of ancient Irish warriors, both for wars and for sports, while some of the bloody ancient engagements, either of vengeance or to decide the succession to the kingship of Munster, have been enacted in the locality. Archaeologically Kilfinane is studded with raths, moats, forts of earth and stone, monuments to the most ancient life of the earliest inland inhabitants of the island. In the 5th century the town was known as ‘Druimfingin of the Wood’, this ancient name of Kilfinane can be explained in the Book of Fermoy.

Shannon airport - 80 minutes approx

Kerry airport - 90 minutes approx

Cork airport - 90 minutes approx

Dublin airport - 150 minutes approx

Central to Limerick, Cork and Tipperary

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