placenamesKilrush
Cill Rois
Kilrush is a civil parish in Wexford. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationKilrush52.64243° N · 6.56924° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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 Rois · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilrush · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Scarawalsh
- Coordinates
- 52.64243, -6.56924
- Mapped area
- 45.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2585 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilrush. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-11-17. How this page was prepared.