Kilglass

Kilglass or Kilglas[1] (Irish: Cill Ghlas, meaning 'green church')[2] is a rural townland in County Sligo, Ireland, in the hinterland of Enniscrone.

Kilglass
Cill Ghlas
Townland
Kilglass is located in Ireland
Kilglass
Kilglass
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°14′21″N 9°03′22″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceG311327

The area is the location of an Anglican church, built in 1829 with funding provided by the Board of First Fruits, and renovated in 1996. The parish is in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry. The nearby MacFerbis Centre serves as a community centre and used for social and cultural functions. The building is named after the local Mac Fhirbhisigh clan, who were bardic chroniclers of medieval Ireland and associated with the nearby the townland of Lacken.

Kilglass also has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a Roman Catholic primary school, Kilglass National School. Kilglass and Enniscrone are incorporated in one Roman Catholic parish.

Name

Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today,[2] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).[3]

Transport

Kilglass is served by Bus Éireann route 458 (Sligo-Enniscrone-Ballina).[4]

See also

References
  1. "Laune Rangers retain All-Ireland sevens title". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. "Cill Ghlas/Kilglass". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. "History of Kilglass community". kilglass.net. Archived from the original on 30 July 2007.
  4. "Regional Services by County". Bus Éireann. Retrieved 31 May 2021.


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