placenamesKillaan
Cill Leáin
The Church of Ireland building at Killaan combines an inscribed date with elaborate timber, stone and stained-glass work.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Cill Leáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Killaan · English · main form
Place & story
The date in the plinth
Woodlawn Church, also recorded as Killaan Church, bears the date 1874 in its plinth. The architectural inventory describes a four-bay nave, projecting chancel and vestry, with a square tower and spire beside the nave. Pointed windows, carved stone crosses and buttresses articulate its stone exterior. The church stands in Killaan townland within the civil parish of the same name. [2] [3]
Craftsmanship inside
The survey records a multicoloured tiled floor beneath an arch-braced timber roof, together with carved wooden pews and a marble font. Figurative stained glass lights the church, while stone, marble and brass wall plaques commemorate local families. These interior fittings complement the exterior’s carved stonework. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Kilconnell
- Barony
- Loughrea
- Coordinates
- 53.29844, -8.48408
- Mapped area
- 32.07 km²
- Logainm ID
- 954 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killaan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Woodlawn Church (Killaan), NIAH 30408607 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Killaan townland, 17846 · Placenames Database of Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.