Kilcloon

Kilcloon

Kilcloon (Irish: "Cill Chluain", "Church of the meadow") is a parish situated in the south-west of County Meath in Ireland. The parish is composed of the six medieval parishes of Moyglare, Kilclone, Balfeighan, Rodanstown, Ballymaglassan an Rathregan.Kilclone parish was made up of the townlands of Kilclone, Pagestown, Mulhussey, Milltown, Longtown, Jenkinstown, Collistown, Barstown, and Kimmin’s Mill. The townland of Kilclone is modernly known as Kilcloon also.

The Central Statistics Office also defines Kilcloon as a census town with a population of 309 at the 2002 census.

Points of interest

The patron of the parish church is Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr, and was the first church dedicated to his memory.

References

*cite book | author=Rice, Gerard| title=Norman Kilcloon 1171–1700 | publisher=Kilcloon Jubilee Committee| year=2001| id=ISBN 0-9540089-0-1| pages=239pp
* [http://community.meath.ie/kilcloonmc/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=75&PHPSESSID=d8879d62ef34b1da3279131899deb6c7 "Kilcloon, Batterstown, Little Chapel Parish Newsletter"] by Gerard Rice, "The Kilcloon Millennium Committee Newsletters", July 3, 2005, retrieved July 25 2006

External links

* [http://www.community.meath.ie/kilcloonmc/ Kilcloon Millennium Committee site]
* [http://www.community.meath.ie/kilclooncc/ Kilcloon Community Centre site]
* [http://blackhallgaels.com Blackhall Gaels GAA Club]


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