Kilkelly

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Kilkelly
Irish: Cill Cheallaigh
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Kilkelly
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°52′16″N8°51′01″W / 53.87123°N 8.85033°W / 53.87123; -8.85033
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Mayo
Elevation
77 m (253 ft)
Population
 (2016) [1]
373
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference M441916

Kilkelly (Irish : Cill Cheallaigh, meaning "church of Cellach" [2] ) is a small village in Kilmovee civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Ireland West Airport Knock on the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo.

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History

Built heritage

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a ringfort site in Liscosker townland. [3] An early ecclesiastical site to the south of Kilkelly village, which includes the remains of a church and graveyard, is historically associated with Saint Celsus (or Cellach). [3] The modern Roman Catholic church of Saint Celsus, to the north of the village, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry. [4] Urlaur Abbey, a monastic site dating to the mid-15th century, is also nearby. [5]

Emigration

Kilkelly is the subject of a song. " Kilkelly, Ireland ", by the American songwriter Peter Jones. In the 1980s, Jones discovered a collection of 19th century letters sent to his Irish emigrant ancestor in America from that ancestor's father in Kilkelly. [5] [6] Jones wrote a ballad based on the contents of those letters, conveying the experience of his own family as well as others separated by emigration. [5] [6] [7]

Amenities

Kilkelly has a number of shops, a pharmacy, [8] credit union branch, [9] and a post office. [10] As of 2010, the local national (primary) school had over 50 pupils enrolled. [11]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilkelly". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office . Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cill Cheallaigh/Kilkelly (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Mayo" (PDF). archaeology.ie. National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Parishes - Kilmovee". achonrydiocese.org. Diocese of Achonry. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kilkelly". Mayo Ireland Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. 1 2 O'Shea, James (16 September 2016). "Letters of a family to their son in America after the Famine". IrishCentral. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Healey, Joseph F. (2011). Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The sociology of group conflict and change. Pine Forge Press. p. 85. ISBN   978-1412987318.
  8. ↑ "Life Pharmacy Kilkelly - Mayo". lifepharmacy.ie. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kiltimagh Credit Union - Kilkelly Office". kiltimaghcu.ie. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Store Locator - Kilkelly". anpost.ie. An Post. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Whole School Evaluation Report - Saint Theresa's National School, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Republican who preferred the gun to politics". Irish Times . 10 February 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "TDs who have seen the inside of a cell". The Irish Times . 17 January 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
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