placenamesKillinkere
Cillín Chéir
Killinkere's church building and Gaelic club history record local construction, fundraising and the reuse of a former rectory for community purposes.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cillín Chéir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killinkere · English · main form
Place & story
St Ultan’s completed in 1829
The Diocese of Kilmore's account traces the present Catholic church at Upper Killinkere to a building campaign begun in 1829. Fathers Fitzsimmons and John Brady promoted the work, and Cuffe and Brady of Virginia carried it out. The church was completed by Christmas that year. It succeeded a mud-and-thatch place of worship erected in 1780 near the later entrance. Interior renovations followed during the twentieth century. [2]
A club organised in the AOH hall
Killinkere's Gaelic football club held its founding meeting in the AOH hall on 20 October 1929. School principal Andrew Clarke became secretary, alongside chairman James Comey and treasurer John Galligan. Members collected contributions from house to house for equipment. The club's own history distinguishes its founding from earlier local teams and from the career of Jim Smith, whose brother Phelim was among the founders but who never played championship football for Killinkere. [3]
The rectory becomes a community resource
A later chapter centred on buying the Church of Ireland rectory and grounds after local parish amalgamation in 1973. The club used proceeds from its Gold Watch football tournament alongside borrowing to finance the purchase. The Jamboree began in 1977 as another community fundraising venture. The new playing pitch opened in 1983, the leisure centre in 1988, and restoration of the old rectory followed between 1998 and 2002. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cavan
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Coordinates
- 53.88268, -7.05707 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1411666 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killinkere. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- St Ultan’s Church, Killinkere · Diocese of Kilmore
- Killinkere CLG, club history 1929–2019 · Killinkere CLG
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.