placenamesKilconnell
Cill Chonaill
The parish’s small post-town connected a rural community with scheduled fairs and a postal route to Aughrim.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Chonaill · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilconnell · English · main form
Place & story
Trade and local services in 1837
In his 1837 account of Kilconnell parish, Samuel Lewis described its town as having fifty-two houses, a constabulary station and a penny post to Aughrim. Four fairs were held each year, on 9 May, 4 August, 11 November and 18 December. A manorial court also met occasionally, rather than on a weekly schedule specified in the account. Alongside these services in the town, Lewis recorded about 170 children attending three private schools across the parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Coordinates
- 53.34492, -8.41260
- Mapped area
- 24.39 km²
- Logainm ID
- 946 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilconnell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilconnell, Galway — 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.