Civil parish in County Galway, Ireland
Kilrickle orKilreekill (Irish :Cill Rícill )[ 1] civil parish and small village inCounty Galway , Ireland. It lies within anelectoral division of the same name and within thehistorical barony ofLeitrim .[ 1] [ 2] Citylink bus services fromGalway City viaLoughrea .[ 3]
The Irish place nameCill Rícill (meaning "church of Richill") is anglicised as 'Kilrickle' and 'Kilreekill'.[ 1] [ 4] folklore , was a 5th-century contemporary ofSaint Patrick and founded a church in the area.[ 5] [ 6]
Remains of fortified house in Wallscourt Dartfield House ruins Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number ofringfort ,souterrain andholy well sites in thetownlands of Lecarrownagappoge, Dartfield and Wallscourt.[ 7] fortified house lie in Wallscourt townland,[ 7] c. 1820 ) are in Dartfield.[ 8]
The local Catholic church, which is in the townland of Wallscourt, was built in 1839.[ 9] Our Lady of Lourdes , it is within theecclesiastical parish of Cappatagle and Kilrickle in theRoman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert .[ 6]
The localnational (primary) school , Kilrickle National School, was built in 1922.[ 10] [ 11]
In 2023, the village was linked to the mainline water system for the first time in 50 years.[ 12] [ 13]
Jim Fahy (1946–2022), journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ[ 14] James Hogan (1898–1963), historian and revolutionary, was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil) in 1898[ 4] Patrick Hogan (1891–1936), politician and brother of James Hogan, was also born in the parish.[ 15] Finian Monahan (1924–2010), Catholic priest and former head of the Discalced Carmelite Order[ 16] Niamh Regan (born 1984), folk singer[ 17] ^a b c "Cill Rícill / Kilreekill" .logainm.ie . Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved11 February 2025 .^ "Civil Parish of Kilreekil, Co. Galway" .townlands.ie . Retrieved12 February 2025 .^ Kelly, Briain (2022-01-22)."Citylink adding new Loughrea and Kilrickle bus services" .Galway Daily . Retrieved2024-02-14 . ^a b Ó Corráin, Donnchadh (2001).James Hogan: Revolutionary, Historian and Political Scientist . Four Courts Press. p. 1.ISBN 9781851825202 James Hogan was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil), near Loughrea, Co Galway, on 16 October 1898 ^ "Saint Ríchill" .School's Collection Dúchas . 1936. Retrieved12 February 2025 .^a b "Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kilrickle" .clonfertdiocese.ie . Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert. Retrieved12 February 2025 .^a b Record of Monuments and Places - County Galway . Dublin: National Properties and Historic Monuments Service. 1997.^ "Dartfield, Dartfield, Galway" .buildingsofireland.ie . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved12 February 2025 .^ "Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wallscourt, Kilreekill, Galway" .buildingsofireland.ie . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved12 February 2025 .^ "Kilrickle National School - Our History" .kilricklens.org . Retrieved12 February 2025 .^ "Directory Page - S N Cill Richill" . Department of Education. 23 August 2024. Retrieved11 February 2025 .^ Fanneran, Vinny (2023-03-06)."Galway people thrilled as village finally gets vital need after five decade wait" .Galway Beo . Retrieved2024-02-14 . ^ Kelly, Briain (2021-03-13)."€3.4 million Kilrickle water scheme going to tender next month" .Galway Daily . Retrieved2024-02-14 . ^ McGrath, Pat (15 January 2022)."Correspondent who cast his net wide in search of stories" .RTÉ News . Retrieved12 February 2024 . ^ Murphy, William (October 2009)."Hogan, Patrick J." Dictionary of Irish Biography doi :10.3318/dib.004057.v1 . Retrieved13 December 2021 . ^ "Fr Finian Monahan dies at 86 years of age" .carmelitaniscalzi.com . Order of Discalced Carmelites. 6 June 2010. Archived fromthe original on 8 Jul 2011.^ "Niamh Regan" .Niamh Regan .
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