Kiltullagh

This article is about the civil parish in County Galway. For the civil parish in County Roscommon, see List of townlands of County Roscommon. For the church in County Roscommon, see Kiltullagh Church.
Kiltullagh House, built c. 1725, is the birthplace of mathematician Patrick d'Arcy (1725–1779)

Kiltullagh (Irish: Cill Tulach, meaning 'church of the hillock') is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland.[1] Located on the R348 regional road, the M6 motorway passes nearby.[2] As of 2011, the townlands of Kiltullagh South and Kiltullagh North, in Kiltullagh civil parish, had a combined population of 93 people.[3]

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, fulacht fiadh and ecclesiastical enclosure sites in the townlands of Kiltullagh North, Kiltullagh South and Clogharevaun.[4] Kiltullagh House, a mid-18th century country house in Kiltullagh North, was the birthplace of the mathematician Patrick d'Arcy (1725–1779).[5] The local Catholic church, Saint Peter and Paul's Church, was built c. 1840.[6] The church contains a number of works by Evie Hone.[6][7] The nearby national (primary) school, first established in 1856, now occupies a building built in the mid-20th century.[8] Kiltullagh Pioneers AFC, a local association football (soccer) club, has a facility nearby.[9]

  1. ^ "Cill Tulach / Kiltullagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Supermac's to create 100 jobs at new motorway plaza in Galway". independent.ie. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "CD155 - Galway Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ^ Record of Monuments and Places County Galway. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1997.
  5. ^ "Kiltullagh House, Kiltullagh North, Kiltullagh, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Clogharevaun, Kitullagh, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Kiltullagh and Killimordaly - Religion". kiltullaghkillimordaly.com. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. ^ "History of Kiltullagh National School". scoilnet.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Kiltullagh Pioneers AFC". kiltullaghpioneersfc.com. Retrieved 12 March 2024.