Kilglass or Kilglas[1] (Irish: Cill Ghlas, meaning 'green church')[2] is a rural townland in County Sligo, Ireland, in the hinterland of Enniscrone. Kilglass is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]
Kilglass
Cill Ghlas | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
 Kilglass Church of Ireland | |
  Kilglass Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°14′21″N 9°03′22″W / 54.2392°N 9.0561°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G311327 |
The area is the location of an Anglican church, built in 1829 with funding provided by the Board of First Fruits, and renovated in 1996. The parish is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. The nearby MacFerbis Centre serves as a community centre and used for social and cultural functions.[citation needed] The building is named after the local Mac Fhirbhisigh clan, who were bardic chroniclers of medieval Ireland and associated with the nearby the townland of Lacken.[citation needed]
Kilglass also has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a Roman Catholic primary school, Kilglass National School. Kilglass and Enniscrone are incorporated in one Roman Catholic parish.[citation needed]
Name
editAlthough Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today,[2] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).[3]
Transport
editKilglass is served by Bus Éireann route 458 (Sligo-Enniscrone-Ballina).[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Laune Rangers retain All-Ireland sevens title". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Cill Ghlas/Kilglass". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "History of Kilglass community". kilglass.net. Archived from the original on 30 July 2007.
- ^ "Regional Services by County". Bus Éireann. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
External links
edit- Kilglass community website Archived 11 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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