Kilkelly
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| Kilkelly Cill Cheallaigh |
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| Town population: | 230 (2002) |
| Rural population: | 839 (2002) |
| Elevation: | 77 m |
| County: | Mayo |
| Province: | Connacht |
Kilkelly (in Irish, Cill Cheallaigh) is a village in Kilmovee parish County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Knock International Airport, lying between the Airport and the town of Knock itself. It is a small village, notable due to the song "Kilkelly, Ireland", written by an American who discovered a series of letters between his Irish immigrant ancestor, and that ancestor's father, a schoolmaster in Kilkelly. The song details the events in Kilkelly, with the father repeatedly asking (apparently in vain) for his son to come home for a visit.
Kilkelly in the eastern section of Co. Mayo, near larger villages such as Knock, Ballyhaunis, and Claremorris, as well as towns such as Ballina and Castlebar. The village is right along the N17, a major road running between Galway and Sligo.
[edit] See also
List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
[edit] External links
- Mayo On The Move's page for Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
- History behind the characters in the song "Kilkelly, Ireland"
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