placenamesKillurin
Cill Liúráin
An original council record shows residents trying to preserve a road service brought through Killurin during repairs elsewhere on the Slaney.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Liúráin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killurin · English · main form
Place & story
A service people wanted to retain
When Ferrycarrig Bridge was being repaired in 1933, buses used a route through Killurin, Deeps Bridge and Kyle Cross. Wexford County Council’s November minutes record the bus company reporting a petition from local people to keep that route. The company asked to continue daily, or at least three days a week. A temporary transport arrangement had become a service residents wanted to retain. [2]
Road costs and a return to the main route
The county surveyor warned that the company could not continue using the route unless it paid for strengthening the road surface. In a letter dated 15 November 1933, the company reported that permission had not been forthcoming and that it was returning to the main road between Oylegate and Wexford. The correspondence records both the request and its immediate outcome, rather than a lasting bus service secured by the petition. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killurin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Wexford County Council minutes, 27 November 1933, volume 18, page 49 · Wexford County Council; original minutes held by Wexford County Archive
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.