placenamesKilloran
Cill Odhráin
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a prominent landmark in this east Galway settlement.
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 Odhráin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killoran · English · main form
Place & story
Our Lady of the Assumption
Killoran’s Catholic church is dated 1837 and was refurbished in 1953–1954. Its round-headed windows include stained glass donated by local parishioners. Inside, masonry arches divide the entrance vestibule into three compartments beneath the gallery, an unusual arrangement noted by the national architectural inventory. An exposed timber roof spans the nave. [2]
Households in the surrounding townland
Jo Kelly’s local census research records 49 residents in Killoran townland in 1901, including a police barracks as well as private households. By 1911, the townland had 33 residents in eight occupied houses, with two further houses unoccupied. These figures describe the townland, rather than a separately measured village population. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killoran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Killoran, record 30409906 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Killoran townland research, 13 October 2020 · Jo Kelly, Galway Rural Development, Galway County Heritage Office
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-01-11. How this page was prepared.