placenamesKillenaule
Cill Náile
The buildings on Bailey Street preserve a nineteenth-century ensemble of worship, education and later community use.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Náile · Irish · main form · validated name
- Killenaule · English · main form
Place & story
The Catholic church above the street
Saint Mary’s Catholic Church occupies an elevated site reached by a substantial flight of steps. The architectural inventory dates it to about 1860 and identifies J. J. McCarthy as its designer. Its nave and aisles are divided by clustered stone columns beneath a decorated timber ceiling. A seven-light window rises behind the altar, with carved tracery and stained glass. These features belong to the Catholic church on Bailey Street, separate from the former Church of Ireland building on River Street. [2]
The school that became a hall
The neighbouring school was built in 1889 and later became Saint Mary’s Hall. Its projecting gables and carefully dressed limestone connect its design with the former presbytery behind it. Two entrance doors preserve the earlier separation of boys and girls. Inside, the architectural survey recorded the original timber roof structure. Conversion to a hall and parish centre gave the educational building a further community role within the same group of church buildings. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Slievardagh
- Coordinates
- 52.56378, -7.69198
- Mapped area
- 31.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2358 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killenaule. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, NIAH22103005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Saint Mary’s Hall, former school, NIAH22103004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.