Kilkelly

Village in County Mayo, Ireland

"Kilkelly, Ireland" redirects here. For the song, see Kilkelly, Ireland (song).

Village in Connacht, Ireland

Kilkelly

Irish: Cill Cheallaigh

Village

Street and post office in Kilkelly

Kilkelly

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 53°52′16″N 8°51′01″W﻿ / ﻿53.87123°N 8.85033°W﻿ / 53.87123; -8.85033
Country| Ireland
Province| Connacht
County| County Mayo
Elevation

| 77 m (253 ft)
Population

(2016)[1]

| 373
Time zone| UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference| M441916

Kilkelly (Irish: Cill Cheallaigh, meaning 'church of Cellach'[2]) is a small village in Kilmovee civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Ireland West Airport on the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo.

## History

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### Built heritage

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Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a ringfort site in Liscosker townland.[3] An early ecclesiastical site to the south of Kilkelly village, which includes the remains of a church and graveyard, is historically associated with Saint Celsus (or Cellach).[3] The modern Roman Catholic church of Saint Celsus, to the north of the village, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry.[4] Urlaur Abbey, a monastic site dating to the mid-15th century, is also nearby.[5]

### Emigration

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Kilkelly is the subject of a song. "Kilkelly, Ireland", by the American songwriter Peter Jones. In the 1980s, Jones discovered a collection of 19th century letters sent to his Irish emigrant ancestor in America from that ancestor's father in Kilkelly.[5][6] Jones wrote a ballad based on the contents of those letters, conveying the experience of his own family as well as others separated by emigration.[5][6][7]

## Amenities

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Kilkelly has a number of shops, a pharmacy,[8] credit union branch,[9] and a post office.[10] As of 2010, the local national (primary) school had over 50 pupils enrolled.[11]

## Notable people

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See also: List of people from County Mayo

* George Harrison, IRA member and arms trafficker was born in nearby Shammer.[12]
* Dominick Cafferky who was a local farmer and politician for the Clann na Talmhan political party.[13]

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kilkelly.

* List of towns and villages in Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilkelly". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
2. ^ "Cill Cheallaigh/Kilkelly (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
3. ^ a b "Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Mayo" (PDF). archaeology.ie. National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
4. ^ "Parishes - Kilmovee". achonrydiocese.org. Diocese of Achonry. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
5. ^ a b c "Kilkelly". Mayo Ireland Ltd. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
6. ^ a b O'Shea, James (16 September 2016). "Letters of a family to their son in America after the Famine". IrishCentral. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
7. ^ Healey, Joseph F. (2011). Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The sociology of group conflict and change. Pine Forge Press. p. 85\. ISBN 978-1412987318.
8. ^ "Life Pharmacy Kilkelly - Mayo". lifepharmacy.ie. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
9. ^ "Kiltimagh Credit Union - Kilkelly Office". kiltimaghcu.ie. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
10. ^ "Store Locator - Kilkelly". anpost.ie. An Post. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
11. ^ "Whole School Evaluation Report - Saint Theresa's National School, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2021.
12. ^ "Republican who preferred the gun to politics". Irish Times. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
13. ^ "TDs who have seen the inside of a cell". The Irish Times. 17 January 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2008.

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