Kilglass

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Kilglass
Cill Ghlas
Location
Location of Kilglass
centerMap highlighting Kilglass
Irish grid reference
G311327
Statistics
Province: Connacht
County: County Sligo
Elevation: 15 m
Population (2002)
 - Town:
 - Environs:
 

1,245

Kilglass (Cill Ghlas in Irish) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town of Enniscrone.

Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a primary school, Kilglass National School. The Jesus and Mary Secondary School is 4 km away in Enniscrone town.

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[edit] The name

Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today,[1] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Placenames Order 2005
  2. ^ [2] History of Kilglass community


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