Kiltealy Explained

Kiltealy
Native Name:Irish: Cill Téile
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:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Wexford
Unit Pref:Metric
Coordinates:52.565°N -6.7464°W

Kiltealy [1] is a small village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated on the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains in County Wexford at the junction of the R702 and R730 regional roads, on the eastern flank of the Blackstairs Mountains. The previous spelling was Cill Teidhile which means the Chapel/cemetery of Teidhil. Teidhil would most likely be the a first name although no longer in use as such.

Demographics

In 2002, the Kiltealy electoral area had a population of 409.[2]

People

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cill Téile/Kiltealy . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 19 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Kiltealy Electoral Division . Wexford County Council . 2007-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071119051229/http://www.wexfordcdb.ie/ElectoralAreas/Enniscorthy/kiltealy.htm . 2007-11-19 .
  3. News: Byrne . Padraig. 30 September 2017 . Tenor Anthony Kearns survives brush with Hurricane Irma in Florida . . . 27 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Woods. C. J.. October 2009. Kearns, Mogue. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. 27 May 2022.