Kiltimagh
| Kiltimagh Coillte Mách | |
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| Town | |
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  Kiltimagh | |
| Coordinates: 53°50′58″N 9°00′00″W / 53.8494°N 9.0000°WCoordinates: 53°50′58″N 9°00′00″W / 53.8494°N 9.0000°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Elevation[1] | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Urban | 1,507 [2] |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M342893 |
| Website | kiltimagh.net |
Kiltimagh (/ˌkɪltʃɪˈmɒ/; Irish: Coillte Mách)[3] is a town in County Mayo in Ireland.
Transport
Kiltimagh railway station opened on 1 October 1895 and finally closed on 17 June 1963.[4] The station currently operates as the Kiltimagh Museum and sculpture park, with displays of local history and culture. It is pending re-opening as a railway station as part of the Western Railway Corridor.[citation needed]
Sport
There is a Kiltimagh Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, an association football club called Kiltimagh Knock United, and the Kiltimagh Giants basketball club.
Education
There are two local Catholic primary schools, Saint Aiden's National School in Thomas Street while Craggagh National School is 4 km outside the town on the R324 road. The local secondary school is Saint Louis Community School, formerly a Catholic convent school and secondary school.
"Culchie"
The Oxford English Dictionary describes the etymology of the word "culchie", meaning a country person or one not from the city of Dublin, as "Apparently alteration of Kiltimagh, Irish Coillte Mach (older Mághach), the name of a country town in Co. Mayo."[5] The word “culchie” is derived from the Irish word “coillte”, the plural of coill, the Irish word for “wood”, an area of growing trees. It was used, mainly in Mayo and Galway, by townspeople as a condescending reference to people from rural areas. It came into use in Dublin in the mid sixties as a counter to the country people’s use of the word “Jackeen” for Dublin people. The “culchie” spelling is a media one and is the result of their lack of understanding of its derivation.
People
- Anthony Joseph Carney, developer and chief contractor on the London Underground during its post WWII expansion.
- Antoine Ó Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery), the blind Irish-language poet
- William Philbin, Roman Catholic bishop of Clonfert (1953–1962) and Down and Connor (1962–1982)
- Louis Walsh, pop music manager and judge on X Factor
External links
References
- ↑ Kiltimagh on 25" OSI Map Ordnance Survey Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Census 2011 - Preliminary results: Actual and percentage change in population 2006 to 2011 by Province County City Urban area Rural area and Electoral division by District, Year and Statistic Central Statistics Offce Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-02-24.
- ↑ Kiltimagh Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-03-22.
- ↑ "Kilitmagh station". Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ↑ culchie, n. (and adj.) Oxford English Dictionary, second edition. Retrieved: 2012-03-22.
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