Kilcolgan Explained
| Kilcolgan |
| Native Name: | Irish: Cill Cholgáin |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| 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 Galway |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population: | 141 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Coordinates: | 53.2125°N -8.8724°W |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Kilcolgan,[1] is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of the Galway Bay drowning tragedy. Kilcolgan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[2] at which time it had a population of 141 people.[3]
Places of interest
- Tyrone House, a ruined manor house[4]
- Kilcolgan Bridge, late 18th-century stone bridge[5]
- Kilcolgan Castle, Gothic Revival country house[6]
- St Sourney (Sairnait)'s church and well, a religious site dating from the 6th Century with an 11th-century gothic carved doorway, a 19th-century mausoleum (celebrated by the British poet Sir John Betjeman) and adjoining graveyard.
- Moran's Oyster Cottage, historic restaurant located in a traditional thatched cottage, established in the 1760s.[7]
- Kiltiernan Church, medieval church and a National Monument[8]
See also
Notes and References
- http://logainm.ie Kilcolgan profile
- Web site: Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement . Central Statistics Office . CSO . 26 June 2021 . 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Kilcolgan .
- Web site: Kilcolgan (Ireland) Census Town . City Population . 22 August 2021 .
- Web site: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Tyrone House, Tyrone, Galway . buildingsofireland.ie . 2022-04-04.
- Web site: Kilcolgan Bridge, County Galway. buildingsofireland.ie . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 30 January 2013.
- Web site: Kilcolgan Castle, County Galway. buildingsofireland.ie . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 30 January 2013.
- News: The oyster lovers who flocked to Moran's on the Weir, Galway . Lorna . Siggins . 16 February 2016 . . 0791-5144 . Dublin . en-ie . 16 December 2021.
- Web site: National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship: Galway . 4 March 2009 . 10 . . 22 March 2018 . 14 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171114053649/https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-galway.pdf . live.
