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Kilkelly
Sign in to saveKilkelly () is a small village in Kilmovee civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Ireland West Airport on the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kilkelly
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- gle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cillcheallaigh.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Street and post office in Kilkelly
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Connacht
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Mayo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 373
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Kilkelly
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Mayo
- Elevation
- 77
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Kilkellymayo.JPG
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- Commons category
- Kilkelly
- Irish Grid Reference
- M441911
- historic county
- County Mayo
- native label
- Cill Cheallaigh
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Built heritage
- Emigration
- Amenities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Kilkelly () is a small village in Kilmovee civil parish, County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Ireland West Airport on the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo.
==History== ===Built heritage=== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a ringfort site in Liscosker townland. An early ecclesiastical site to the south of Kilkelly village, which includes the remains of a church and graveyard, is historically associated with Saint Celsus (or Cellach). The modern Roman Catholic church of Saint Celsus, to the north of the village, is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achonry. Urlaur Abbey, a monastic site dating to the mid-15th century, is also nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilkelly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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