Kilmacsimon
village in Munster, Ireland
Kilmacsimon (Irish: Coill Mhic Shíomoin, meaning 'Mac Simon's Wood') is a small village and townland situated on the banks of the River Bandon in County Cork, Ireland. Historical records list Killmcsimon in the Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I dated 1615.
The village has a pub and a community and activity centre which opened in May 2014. The local rowing club hosts the Kilmacsimon Water Carnival every year towards the end of June.
The more substantial village of Innishannon is 4 km to the north. The town of Bandon is 7 km to the west, and Cork city is 22 km to the north-east.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kilmacsimon” as village in Munster, Ireland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Munster, Ireland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4220549. Authority coordinates are 51.733, -8.634. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1615 and 2014.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Kilmacsimon”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Kilmacsimon primary sources, Kilmacsimon archive and Kilmacsimon research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kilmacsimon”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kilmacsimon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.