[3] This saint also established a hermitage or a small community of monks on Inisvickillane, one of the Blasket Islands off the coast of County Kerry.

After being betrayed by the Rebel Earl of Desmond and captured after being secretly smuggled back to Ireland from France and put ashore at Corca Dhuibhne, Irish Catholic Martyrs Bishop Patrick O'Hely and Friar Conn O'Rourke were hanged under orders from Lord President of Munster Sir William Drury outside one of the gates in the walls of Kilmallock on 13 August 1579.

[8] Seventy years later, during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Dominican Priory of Kilmallock was attacked and destroyed by a Parliamentary Army under Lord Inchiquin in 1648.

Better known as An Mangaire Súgach, his best known poem is "Slán le Máigh", a Sean nos song in praise of the entire Maigue valley when he was temporarily exiled from it.

[9] As part of a brief sectarian campaign in July 1935, arsonists burnt the Church of Ireland building to the ground, causing damage costing thousands of pounds.

[3] Services in the town include a number of primary and post-primary schools, a library and theatre, post office, a Garda station, veterinary practices, medical clinics, and retail and other businesses.