Kilcloon

Kilcloon
Cill Chluain
—  Town  —
Kilcloon
Location in Ireland
Coordinates:
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Meath
Elevation[1] 80 m (262 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Urban 281
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference N944425

Kilcloon (Irish: Cill Chluain, "Church of the meadow") is a parish situated in the south-east of County Meath in Ireland.[2] The parish is composed of the six medieval parishes of Moyglare, Kilclone, Balfeighan, Rodanstown, Ballymaglassan an Rathregan. The medieval parish of Kilclone was in turn made up of the townlands of Kilclone, Pagestown, Mulhussey, Milltown, Longtown, Jenkinstown, Collistown, Barstown, and Kimmin’s Mill. The townland of Kilclone is modernly known as Kilcloon also.[3]

The Central Statistics Office also defines Kilcloon as a census town with a population of 281 at the Census of 2006.[4]

Contents

Amenities

The parish contains the parish church, a national school, a school for autistic children, a post office, a branch of the Irish Credit Union and a pub.

The patron of the parish church is Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr, and was the first church dedicated to his memory. A sculpture of Oliver Plunkett is featured in the Kilcloon Millennium Garden.

A site has been acquired in the parish for the proposed community centre but more funding is needed before building can commence.

The local GAA grounds are home to the Blackhall Gaels football, hurling and camogie club.

People

Lisa Hannigan, the internationally critically acclaimed singer/songwriter was born in Kilcloon.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Find places, latitude/longitude, sunrise/sunset, elevation, local time and time zones". EarthTools. 2006-11-26. http://www.earthtools.org/. Retrieved 2010-11-14. 
  2. ^ "Parishes & Deanary structure in the Diocese of Meath". http://www.dioceseofmeath.ie/parishes/index.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  3. ^ Rice, Gerard (2001). Norman Kilcloon 1171–1700. Kilcloon Jubilee Committee. p. 239pp. ISBN 0-9540089-0-1. 
  4. ^ CSO Census Site

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