Kilglass

Kilglass
Cill Ghlas
Town
Kilglass

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 54°14′21″N 9°03′22″W / 54.2392°N 9.0561°W / 54.2392; -9.0561Coordinates: 54°14′21″N 9°03′22″W / 54.2392°N 9.0561°W / 54.2392; -9.0561
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Sligo
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference G311327

Kilglass or Kilglas[1] (Irish: Cill Ghlas) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town of Enniscrone.

Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a primary school, Kilglass National School. The Jesus and Mary Secondary School is 4 km away in Enniscrone town. It also has a Protestant church.

The name

Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today,[2] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).[3]

Public transport

Kilglass is served by Bus Éireann route 458 (Sligo-Enniscrone-Ballina).[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/kfideyaucw/
  2. ↑ Placenames Order 2005
  3. ↑ History of Kilglass community
  4. ↑ http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=247#Sligo


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