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Kilcummin, County Mayo

Civil parish in Ireland

Field	Value
name	Kilcummin
native_name	Cill Chuimín
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Townland
image_skyline	Kilcummin 0253.jpg
image_caption	Kilcummin pier
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Mayo
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Kilcummin () is a beachhead and civil parish on the northern coast of County Mayo in Ireland. Traditionally a fishing community, the Kilcummin area is sparsely populated. The "Tír Sáile - North Mayo Sculpture Trail" and "Tour d'Humbert" tourist route lead through the area. Kilcummin overlooks Killala Bay, the blue flag beach "An Trá nRoss", "Bartra Island" and lies on the opposite shore to Enniscrone and its beach in County Sligo.

Name

Kilcummin is named after the early Irish saint Cuimín, and derives from the Irish Cill Chuimín, meaning "church of Cuimín". Other variants of the Irish spelling (seen on local signage) include "Cilcummin" and "Cill Chummín".

Prior to being named Kilcummin a map of Connaught from the 5th Century indicates that the area was originally known as "Forrac".

History

The remains of the church of Saint Cuimín (for which the area is named) are still to be found in the local cemetery, along with a holy well at which to this day worshippers come to pray. Saint Cuimín's grave has been lost over the centuries, but it is believed that a group of stones in Kilcummin cemetery once belonged to his tomb.

Kilcummin is noted as the site where a French expedition commanded by General Humbert landed on 22 August 1798, in an attempt to assist Irish rebels during the 1798 rebellion. The French forces came ashore at Leac A' Chaonaigh (the 'moss covered rock') which is near Kilcummin. Humbert commanded three frigates, the Concorde, Franchise, and the Médée altogether carrying 1070 French forces, three cannon, and approximately 3000 muskets.

Gallery

File:Kilcummin13.jpg|Signpost on the Lacken Road showing variant Irish spelling File:Kilcummin cemetery 0256.jpg|Kilcummin cemetery File:Kilcummin8.jpg|Headstone on the grave of St Cummin, with the old church of St Cummin (dated to pre-8th Century) File:Monument to 1798 French Landing.jpg|Leac A’ Chaonaigh - the site of the French Landing in 1798 near Kilcummin village.

References

(4 August 2019). "Cill Chuimín / Kilcummin". Placenames Database of Ireland.
"Civil Parish of Kilcummin, Co. Mayo". Irish Townlands.
"Kilcummin (Cill Chuimín - Cuimíns Church)".
H.T. Knox. (1908). "The History of the County of Mayo". Hodges, Figgis & Co.
"Kilcummin Graveyard Headstones".
(August 2019). "Early Christian Sites - Kilcummin}}{{dead".
Bill Peterson. (2001). "In the Footsteps of Général Humbert: The French Invasion of Ireland, 1798".
"In Humbert's Footsteps - 1798 & the Year of the French". Mayo County Council.
"Diary of an Expedition, Humbert's Army of Ireland".

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