Killinierin

Kilanerin
Irish: Coill an Iarainn
Village
Houses and church steeple in Kilanerin
Houses and church steeple in Kilanerin
Kilanerin is located in Ireland
Kilanerin
Kilanerin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°43′48″N 6°17′06″W / 52.730°N 6.285°W / 52.730; -6.285
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wexford
Elevation
48 m (157 ft)
Population244
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Kilanerin or Killinierin (Irish: Coill an Iarainn, meaning 'forest of iron')[2] is a village in north County Wexford, Ireland, 4 kilometres west of the N11 road, near the village of Inch and approximately 12 kilometres from the town of Gorey.

It lies in the foothills of Croghan Mountain, the site of a once-famous gold rush.

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Killinierin". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Coill an Iarainn / Killinierin". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 March 2020.