village of falls within that western fifteen miles of the . The first information available about the original settlers of Kinkora comes from the 1841 Census; the enumerator for Lot 27 provided the following description of the settlement: Settlement , called by some, Irish Town: this settlement is on the new road from Bedeque to Charlottetown called the ; it is situated on the back end of the lot; it has all been settled within the last eight years. The nearest port is Eedeque which is about five miles distance. It is about 26 miles from Charlottetown . (8) It is on the basis of this information that 1833 is the year suggested for the original settlement of Kinkora . Below, Table 1 •'." lists the names of the thirty-seven heads of households in the settlement in 1841. -An asterisk (*) identifies those who held leases with eight years expired; it is suggested by this author' that these, plus several others similarly identified, (9) were probably the first to settle in Kinkora . Table 1: * Beagan, Philip * Brenan, John, Sr. Brenan, John * Brenan, Thomas * Cahill, Michael * Clear, Andrew * Clear, Thomas * Donag, Willian * Duffy, James * ^uffy, Michael * Duffy, Patrick Keefe , John Kelly , John Kelly , Leslie Kelly , Matthew Kelly , Michael McBride , Thomas McCarvill, Michael McCarvill , Patrick * McCarvill, William Mclver , Hugh Muligan , Peter Murphy , Francis Murphy , Francis Murphy , Hugh * Murphy, Patrick O'Ranaghan , John Rennie , John * Ryan, Edward Shreenan , Catherine Shreenan , Lanty * Shreenan, Owen * Summers, Maurice Trainer , , James * Welsh, James Young , Patrick 5.