Kilreekill
Kilrickle or Kilreekill (Irish: Cill Rícill)[1] is a civil parish and small village in County Galway, Ireland. It lies within an electoral division of the same name and within the historical barony of Leitrim.[1][2] The area is served by Citylink bus services from Galway City via Loughrea.[3]
Name
The Irish place name Cill Rícill (meaning "church of Richill") is anglicised as 'Kilrickle' and 'Kilreekill'.[1][4] It is associated with Richill – a local woman who, according to folklore, was a 5th-century contemporary of Saint Patrick and founded a church in the area.[5][6]
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Lecarrownagappoge, Dartfield and Wallscourt.[7] The remains of a fortified house lie in Wallscourt townland,[7] and the ruins of Dartfield House (a country house originally built c. 1820) are in Dartfield.[8]
The local Catholic church, which is in the townland of Wallscourt, was built in 1839.[9] Dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, it is within in the ecclesiastical parish of Cappatagle and Kilrickle in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert.[6]
The local national (primary) school, Kilrickle National School, was built in 1922.[10] It had an enrollment of 56 pupils in 2024.[11]
In 2023, the village was linked to the mainline water system for the first time in 50 years.[12][13]
People
- Jim Fahy (1946–2022), journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ[14]
- James Hogan (1898–1963), historian and revolutionary, was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil) in 1898[4]
- Patrick Hogan (1891–1936), politician and brother of James Hogan, was also born in the parish.[15]
- Finian Monahan (1924–2010), Catholic priest and former head of the Discalced Carmelite Order[16]
References
- ^ a b c "Cill Rícill / Kilreekill". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Civil Parish of Kilreekil, Co. Galway". townlands.ie. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Briain (2022-01-22). "Citylink adding new Loughrea and Kilrickle bus services". Galway Daily. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b Ó Corráin, Donnchadh (2001). James Hogan: Revolutionary, Historian and Political Scientist. Four Courts Press. p. 1. ISBN 9781851825202.
James Hogan was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil), near Loughrea, Co Galway, on 16 October 1898
- ^ "Saint Ríchill". School's Collection. Dúchas. 1936. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kilrickle". clonfertdiocese.ie. Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ a b Record of Monuments and Places - County Galway. Dublin: National Properties and Historic Monuments Service. 1997.
- ^ "Dartfield, Dartfield, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wallscourt, Kilreekill, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Kilrickle National School - Our History". kilricklens.org. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Directory Page - S N Cill Richill". Department of Education. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ Fanneran, Vinny (2023-03-06). "Galway people thrilled as village finally gets vital need after five decade wait". Galway Beo. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Kelly, Briain (2021-03-13). "€3.4 million Kilrickle water scheme going to tender next month". Galway Daily. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ McGrath, Pat (15 January 2022). "Correspondent who cast his net wide in search of stories". RTÉ News. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Murphy, William (October 2009). "Hogan, Patrick J." Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.004057.v1. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Fr Finian Monahan dies at 86 years of age". carmelitaniscalzi.com. Order of Discalced Carmelites. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 Jul 2011.
