- Kilglass
Infobox Irish Place
name = Kilglass
gaeilge = Cill Ghlas
crest
motto =
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pin coords = left: 16px; top: 48px
north coord = 54.2392 | west coord = 9.0561 | irish grid = G311327
area = | elevation = 15 m
province =Connacht
county =County Sligo
population = | town pop = - | rural pop = 1,245
census yr = 2002
web = |Kilglass ("Cill Ghlas" in Irish) is a
village inCounty Sligo , Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town ofEnniscrone . Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and aprimary school , Kilglass National School. The Jesus and Mary Secondary School is 4 km away in Enniscrone town.The name
Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today, [ [http://www.coimisineir.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Larionaid_Daonra_agus_Duichi)_IR_59_de_2005.pdf] Placenames Order 2005] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of "Cill Molaise" (St Molash's church). [ [http://www.kilglass.net/history.htm] History of Kilglass community]
ee also
*
List of towns in the Republic of Ireland External links
* [http://www.kilglass.net Kilglass community website]
References
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