placenamesKilross
Cill Ros
A remembrance garden on Kilross’s Old Road preserves the memory of the national school and the generations who attended it.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Ros · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilross · English · main form
Place & story
The school and its amalgamation
Kilross national school served the village from 1871 until 2015. Its closure ended 144 years of schooling in the village, a history later commemorated by the community. Saint Ailbe’s National School in nearby Emly records the other side of that transition: in 2015 it amalgamated with Kilross–Knockcarron National School. The two accounts connect the end of the village school with a continuing educational institution in the surrounding district. [2] [3]
An educational remembrance garden
Kilross Tidy Towns created an educational remembrance garden on the Old Road, opened by July 2018. The diocese of Cashel and Emly provided the site. Local organisers compiled a record of former pupils, their townlands and the years they started school. Wood carvings depict a hedge-school scene, alongside a mural, seating and planting. Donated gates were restored for the entrance, giving the community a physical place in which to remember its school. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tipperary community marks 144 years of local school with educational remembrance garden,26 July 2018 · Tipperary Live, reporting Kilross Tidy Towns organiser
- History of Saint Ailbe’s National School · Saint Ailbe’s National School, Emly
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-11-13. How this page was prepared.