Kiltyclogher Coillte Clochair | |
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Village | |
 TheR281 passes through Kiltyclogher | |
  Kiltyclogher Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:54°21′23″N8°02′16″W / 54.35643°N 8.037811°W /54.35643; -8.037811 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Leitrim |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Rural | 233 |
| (Total forelectoral division in which the village lies) | |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G976455 |
Kiltyclogher (Irish:Coillte Clochair, meaning 'stony woods')[1] is a small village inCounty Leitrim,Ireland. It is on the border withCounty Fermanagh, close to the hamlet ofCashelnadrea.
The population of theelectoral division in which Kiltyclogher lies was 233 residents as of the2011 census, a decline of 21 from the 2006 figure of 254.[2] Back in 1925, Kiltyclogher village comprised 38 houses, 7 being licensed to sellalcohol.[3]
Corracloona Court Tomb, also called "Prince Connell's Grave", is located outside Kiltyclogher, on the Glenfarne road. It is a passage grave and dates from the 2nd millennium B.C.[4]
The family home ofSeán Mac Diarmada, one of the seven signatories of the1916 Proclamation of Irish independence, who was executed by the British in May 1916,[5] is a three-roomed thatched cottage with some thatched outbuildings, partially surrounded by rhododendrons, and overlooking Upper Lough Macnean.[6]
Remnants of theBlack Pig's Dyke (Irish:Gleann na muice duibhe, meaning "glen of the black pig") exist to the west of the village. These prehistoric earthworks, between the old rival Irish provinces of Ulster and Connacht, may have been constructed as defences against invasion and/or cattle-raiding.[7][8]
Bus Éireann route 470 serves the village on Fridays and Saturdays providing links toManorhamilton,Sligo,Rossinver andGlenfarne.[9]
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