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Kilkelly

Village in County Mayo, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Kilkelly
native_name
native_name_lang	gle
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Cillcheallaigh.JPG
image_caption	Street and post office in Kilkelly
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	left
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_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
population_total	373
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
elevation_m	77
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Kilkelly () 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

Built heritage

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a ringfort site in Liscosker townland. 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). The modern Roman Catholic church of Saint Celsus, to the north of the village, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry. Urlaur Abbey, a monastic site dating to the mid-15th century, is also nearby.

Emigration

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. 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.

Amenities

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

Notable people

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

References

"Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilkelly". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
"Cill Cheallaigh/Kilkelly (see archival records)". Placenames Database of Ireland.
(1996). "Record of Monuments and Places as Established Under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994 - County Mayo". National Monuments and Historic Properties Service.
"Parishes - Kilmovee". Diocese of Achonry.
"Kilkelly". Mayo Ireland Ltd..
O'Shea, James. (16 September 2016). "Letters of a family to their son in America after the Famine". IrishCentral.
"Life Pharmacy Kilkelly - Mayo".
"Kiltimagh Credit Union - Kilkelly Office".
"Store Locator - Kilkelly". An Post.
(26 January 2010). "Whole School Evaluation Report - Saint Theresa's National School, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo". Department of Education.
(10 February 2021). "Republican who preferred the gun to politics". [[Irish Times]].
(17 January 2001). "TDs who have seen the inside of a cell". [[The Irish Times]].

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