Killurin, County Wexford Explained

Killurin
Native Name:Irish: Cill Liúráin
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Wexford
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:166
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:52.3833°N -40°W

Killurin [2] is a village in County Wexford, Ireland on the R730 regional road. Sited along the banks of the River Slaney, it is approximately 10 kilometres north-west of Wexford town.

History

Castle

A Norman castle was built at the Deeps (Crossabeg) on the edge of the River Slaney in the 14th or 15th century. This castle, called the Deeps Castle, although now in ruins, is notable as one of the few remaining examples of a tower house of its kind. Forty years after Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Wexford, William of Orange fought and defeated the troops of his brother-in law, James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Afterwards James is said to have stayed in hiding at the Deeps Castle. The castle itself has since fallen into disrepair. The main chimney in the south wall collapsed into the building, weakening the entire structure and altering the distinctive skyline of the area.[3]

The Deeps Castle is not actually located in Killurin, but in the parish of Crossabeg, adjacent to the parish boundary offered by the River Slaney. The nearby County Landfill is usually called the Killurin Landfill, in order to avoid confusion, as it is located closer to Killurin than it is to Crossabeg village itself.

Archaeology

In the 1950s, an ancient urn and other artifacts were discovered in a sandpit which spanned the Laffan-Freeman farm. The urn is now preserved in the National Museum. The sandpit, in which these finds were made, was the source of the sand which built many of County Wexford's schools in the 1940s and 1950s.

Railway

The Dublin-Wexford-Rosslare railway line runs through Killurin along the west bank of the River Slaney. During the years of the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War in the 1920s, the railway was frequently the target of the local IRA unit, the Kyle Flying Column. Several trains were derailed and rolling stock was destroyed during attempts to disrupt the communication between Dublin and Wexford.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 382 serves Killurin on Fridays, linking it to Wexford town.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Killurin . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 25 March 2020 .
  2. Web site: Cill Liúráin / Killurin . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 25 March 2020 .
  3. Web site: History of the Deeps Castle . deepscastle.com . 2013-09-12.
  4. Web site: Timetable - Route 382 . 2013-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025090748/http://buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387139-382.pdf . 2012-10-25 .