Killarga Explained

Killarga or Killargue [1] is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Killarga is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[1]

Killarga is an ancient place of pilgrimage and was attached to a religious settlement, Cill Fhearga, which according to the Annals of the Four Masters was founded by a holy woman, St Fearga, as early as the 6th century.[2] There is a holy well named Tobar Mhuire, a 19th-century lime kiln on the way into it, a Teach Allais (ancient Irish sweat house) and other historical ruins in the area. Nearby is O'Donnell's Rock which is named after Aodh Rua Ó Dónaill. The village has a school (Saint Brigid's National School), a post office, a community hall, a shop and a pub.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Killarga/Cill Fhearga . Placenames Database of Ireland. logainm.ie . 29 January 2020 .
  2. Web site: Towns & Villages - Killargue . Leitrim Tourism . leitrimtourism.co . https://web.archive.org/web/20100410140717/http://leitrimtourism.com/TownsVillages/killargue.aspx . 10 April 2010 .