placenamesKilleroran
Cill ar Ghualainn
A nineteenth-century monument in the parish churchyard deliberately recalls a much older architectural form.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill ar Ghualainn · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killeroran · English · main form
Place & story
Denis Henry Kelly’s memorial
The round tower at Killeroran graveyard was erected by Denis Henry Kelly in 1867 as his own memorial, ten years before his death. The December 2022 conservation plan describes it as almost thirty metres high and distinguishes it from the ruined medieval church. Kelly’s monument stands in the western extension of the burial ground, while another family mausoleum occupies the old church. The tower is a nineteenth-century funerary structure, rather than a surviving medieval monastic tower. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killeroran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killeroran Church and Graveyard Conservation and Management Plan, December2022, printed pages6,14–15 · Fergal Mc Namara, Dominic Delany and Sheila Murphy; commissioned by Galway County Council Heritage Office
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.