placenamesKilloscully
Cill Ó Scolaí
Killoscully’s Sacred Heart Church combines a dated Victorian building with a carved human figure whose origin needs further investigation.
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 Ó Scolaí · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killoscully · English · main form
Place & story
The Sacred Heart Church
The Sacred Heart Church is dated 1874. Its four-bay nave has a chancel and a north-eastern transept, with porches added to the building’s outline. Roughly dressed sandstone on the west front contrasts with limestone window surrounds and cornerstones. A four-lobed rose window contains stained glass, while an open timber scissor-truss roof spans the interior. The architectural survey also records a carved limestone block bearing a human figure in high relief. It does not assign the carving a date or identify the figure. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Civil parish
- Killoscully
- Coordinates
- 52.76266, -8.32594 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414525 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killoscully. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Killoscully, survey 22403201 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-02-13. How this page was prepared.