Kilconnell

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Kilconnell
Cill Chonaill
Village
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Kilconnell
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°19′47″N8°24′15″W / 53.3298°N 8.4043°W / 53.3298; -8.4043
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Galway
Elevation
83 m (272 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 •  Rural
670
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference M739314

Kilconnell (Irish : Cill Chonaill, meaning 'St Conal's church') [2] is a small rural village in County Galway, Ireland. The village gives its name to the barony of Kilconnell, formerly held by the Lords de Freyne. In 2006 David Tye purchased the original feudal Barony of Kilconnell created in 1170 from Lord de Freyne and is the present holder. [3] [ not specific enough to verify ] The feudal Barony of Kilconnell is registered in Ireland. There is also a peerage title, Baron Kilconnel, created in 1797, and later a subsidiary title of the Earls of Clancarty.

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Its rural population in 2011 was 670. The land is mainly used for dairy farming and the raising of cattle.

It was once part of the kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht before being conquered by the Uí Maine.

The last known prosecution of a priest under the Popery Acts was the trial in 1822 of Fr John O'Connor, parish priest of Aughrim and Kilconnell, at the Galway Summer Assizes. He was acquitted. [4]

This village was the birthplace of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Johnny Callanan (1910–1982). His nephew Joe Callanan was also a TD for the Galway East constituency.

Kilconnell Abbey

Kilconnell Abbey is a Franciscan friary, founded in 1414, by William O'Kelly, Lord of Uí Maine. [5] Although in ruins, it is maintained by the Office of Public Works. The abbey is the burial place for the O'Kelly sept, whose family crest can be seen on some of the headstones. In the 1580s and 1590s, Charles Calthorpe, the Attorney General for Ireland, held the abbey on a 21-year lease.

The Papal Nuncio Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini stayed in the abbey on 20 June 1648 on his way back from the Confederation at Kilkenny. [6]

Kilconnell Abbey in 1900 Kilconnel Abbey, photograph 1900.jpg
Kilconnell Abbey in 1900

The abbey is believed to have been uninhabited since about 1785 due to a fall in vocations. [7]

There is a passage that runs under the abbey to the grounds of Ballinderry house. It was excavated in the 1940s but was not navigated due to the risk of collapse.[ citation needed ]

Uí Maine

The area around Kilconnell was the stronghold of the O'Kellys, lords of Uí Maine and the Donnellan clans.

Kilconnell is in the parish of Aughrim and Kilconnell. Aughrim was the site of a decisive battle of the Williamite wars in 1691. The French General the Marquis de St Ruth had rallied the Irish towards victory when his head was blown off by cannon fire and the Irish fled the field, only to be cut down in their thousands by the English forces. Hundreds of the O'Kellys lost their lives in this battle.[ citation needed ]

The local lake, Lough Acalla, has a crannog in the centre and is a rainbow trout fishery.[ citation needed ]

Ballinderry House

Ballinderry House, the former seat of the Comyn family, who are relations of Daniel O'Connell, has been restored and is now a guest house.[ citation needed ]

Athletic clubs

The local GAA team is called St. Gabriels. In 1979 they won a Galway football title. Since then they have won the Junior B championship and Junior A league. They won "underage club of the year" in 2011.[ citation needed ] St Gabriels Ladies GAA football club plays Gaelic football and represents the parishes of Kilconnell, Aughrim, Kilreekil and Cappataggle. St Gabriels Ladies GAA Football Club plays its home games in Aughrim and it trains also in Kilconnell at the St Gabriels sports complex. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area Table 6 Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011
  2. ↑ "Cill Chonaill/Kilconnell". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Manorial Society of Great Britain". The Manorial Society of Great Britain. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Kilconnel - The Popery Acts
  5. ↑ Patrick Conlan o.f.m, The Franciscan Friary Kilconnell, Co. Galway (Athlone, 2007), p.4
  6. ↑ Patrick Conlan o.f.m, The Franciscan Friary Kilconnell, Co. Galway (Athlone, 2007), p.9
  7. ↑ Patrick Conlan o.f.m, The Franciscan Friary Kilconnell, Co. Galway (Athlone, 2007), p.14
  8. ↑ http://www.stgabrielsladiesgaa.com [ dead link ]
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