placenamesKilloran
Cill Luaithreann
Lewis distinguishes an eighteenth-century church grant, later repairs and the financing of a clergyman’s residence.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Luaithreann · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killoran · English · main form
Place & story
Building and repairing the church
Samuel Lewis recorded a small church with a square tower in Killoran parish. His 1837 account dates its erection to 1766, with a £500 gift from the Board of First Fruits. It also records a more recent £176 grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for repairs, without giving the repair year. [2]
The glebe-house of 1811
The glebe-house received different assistance in 1811: a £200 gift and a £375 loan from the Board of First Fruits. These sums relate to the residence, separately from the money recorded for the church. Lewis’s description thus preserves more than one phase of institutional building and maintenance. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killoran. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Killoran, Sligo: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.