Kilkishen

Kilkishen (Irish: Cill Chisín)^[2] is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The village is 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Quin and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Shannon.

Kilkishen Irish: Cill Chisín
Village
Ruins of Kilkishen Castle, about 2 km south west of the village.
Kilkishen Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.8°N 8.73°W / 52.8; -8.73
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	561
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	R496730

Demographics

According to a report by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Kilkishen had a population of 519.^[3] At the 2006 Census the population was 443, a rise from 324 at the 2002 Census.^[4] The population of the village, at the 2016 census, was 561.^[1]

Facilities

Kilkishen is in the civil parish of Clonlea and in the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills. and was owned by the Studderts of Kilkishen House.^[5] The first Catholic church at Kilkishen, St Senan's, was probably built very early in the 19th century. It is mentioned in an 1811 report of a dispute that led to violence over who should sit nearest to the altar. Major renovation or reconstruction of the church was completed in 1865.^[6][7]

The Protestant church in Kilkishen was erected in 1811. The church was later abandoned, but in 2014 the building was restored and converted into Kilkishen Cultural Centre.^[8][9]

Kilkishen National School is in the village and, according to their website, has an enrollment of 108 students.^[10]

The village is the home of the Clare Shout Festival, which was first held in 2006 and is now held annually in September. The history of the Clare Shout is uncertain, but is believed to date back to pre-Celtic times in Ireland.^[11]

The gateway of Glenwood House in Kilkishen was the site of an ambush by the IRA in 1921 which resulted in the death of four police constables. The site is now marked with three plaques on the gateway wall.^[12][13]

Sport

Kilkishen GAA was a hurling team that is now defunct.^[14] The team won the Clare Senior Hurling Championship in 1923 and 1932 and were finalists in 1938.^[15] The village has a junior level camogie club.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilkishen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
2. "Cill Chisín/Kilkishen". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
3. "Clare Places: County Clare: A History and Topography 1837: Kilkishen - A Description". www.clarelibrary.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. Table 12 (contd.) Alphabetical list of Towns with their population, 2002 and 2006 Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, p. 141 (p. 12 in pdf)
5. Galway, NUI. "land estates". Retrieved 13 March 2023.
6. "O'Callaghan's Mills". Diocese of Killaloe. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
7. "O'Callaghan's Mills Churches". Diocese of Killaloe. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
8. "Kilkishen Church". Abandoned Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). kilkishen.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. "Kilkishen National School Information". Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
11. "Lining up to shout for Clare". Clare Champion. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
12. Clare, County library. "The banner in Turmoil" (PDF).
13. Glenwood Ambush, Committee. "Glenwood Ambush Booklet".
14. "GAA Info on Kilkishen". www.gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
15. "Roll of Honour". www.gaainfo.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

External links

• Kilkishen (Cill Chisín) at Clare County Library

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