{{Short description|Civil parish in County Galway, Ireland}} '''Kilrickle''' or '''Kilreekill''' ({{irish place name|Cill Rícill}})<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1027.aspx | website = logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | title = Cill Rícill / Kilreekill | accessdate = 11 February 2025 }}</ref> is a civil parish and small village in County Galway, Ireland. It lies within an electoral division of the same name and within the historical barony of Leitrim.<ref name="logainm"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.townlands.ie/galway/kilreekil/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Civil Parish of Kilreekil, Co. Galway | accessdate = 12 February 2025 }}</ref> The area is served by Citylink bus services from Galway City via Loughrea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Briain |date=2022-01-22 |title=Citylink adding new Loughrea and Kilrickle bus services |url=https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/transport/citylink-adding-new-loughrea-and-kilrickle-bus-services/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Galway Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Name== The Irish place name ''Cill Rícill'' (meaning "church of Richill") is anglicised as 'Kilrickle' and 'Kilreekill'.<ref name="logainm"/><ref name="hogan"/> It is associated with Richill – a local woman who, according to folklore, was a 5th-century contemporary of Saint Patrick and founded a church in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4583326/4580002/4588260 | work = School's Collection | publisher = Dúchas | title = Saint Ríchill | accessdate = 12 February 2025 | date =1936 }}</ref><ref name="diocese">{{cite web|url = https://www.clonfertdiocese.ie/church/kilrickle/our-lady-of-lourdes-church-kilrickle/ | publisher = Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert | website = clonfertdiocese.ie | title = Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kilrickle | accessdate = 12 February 2025 }}</ref>
==History== thumb|Remains of fortified house in Wallscourt thumb|Dartfield House ruins Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain and holy well sites in the townlands of Lecarrownagappoge, Dartfield and Wallscourt.<ref name="rmp">{{cite book | title = Record of Monuments and Places - County Galway | date = 1997 | publisher = National Properties and Historic Monuments Service | place = Dublin }}</ref> The remains of a fortified house lie in Wallscourt townland,<ref name="rmp"/> and the ruins of Dartfield House (a country house originally built {{circa|1820}}) are in Dartfield.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30410603/dartfield-dartfield-galway | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Dartfield, Dartfield, Galway | accessdate = 12 February 2025 }}</ref>
The local Catholic church, which is in the townland of Wallscourt, was built in 1839.<ref name="niahchurch">{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/30409807/catholic-church-of-our-lady-of-lourdes-wallscourt-kilreekill-galway | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wallscourt, Kilreekill, Galway | accessdate = 12 February 2025 }}</ref> Dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, it is within the ecclesiastical parish of Cappatagle and Kilrickle in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert.<ref name="diocese"/>
The local national (primary) school, Kilrickle National School, was built in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilrickle National School - Our History |url=https://www.kilricklens.org/about-1-1 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=kilricklens.org }}</ref> It had an enrollment of 56 pupils in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/ovimyw-ow7gnq-/ | publisher = Department of Education | title = Directory Page - S N Cill Richill | date = 23 August 2024 | accessdate = 11 February 2025 }}</ref>
In 2023, the village was linked to the mainline water system for the first time in 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fanneran |first=Vinny |date=2023-03-06 |title=Galway people thrilled as village finally gets vital need after five decade wait |url=https://www.galwaybeo.ie/news/galway-people-thrilled-tiny-village-8218752 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Galway Beo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Briain |date=2021-03-13 |title=€3.4 million Kilrickle water scheme going to tender next month |url=https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/e3-4-million-kilrickle-water-scheme-going-to-tender-next-month/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Galway Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
==People== * Jim Fahy (1946–2022), journalist and broadcaster with RTÉ<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0115/1273891-jim-fahy-obituary/ | work = RTÉ News | first = Pat | last = McGrath | title = Correspondent who cast his net wide in search of stories | date = 15 January 2022 | accessdate = 12 February 2024 }}</ref> * James Hogan (1898–1963), historian and revolutionary, was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil) in 1898<ref name="hogan">{{cite book | title = James Hogan: Revolutionary, Historian and Political Scientist | first = Donnchadh | last = Ó Corráin | publisher = Four Courts Press | date = 2001 | isbn = 9781851825202 | page = 1 | quote = James Hogan was born in Kilrickle (Kilreekil), near Loughrea, Co Galway, on 16 October 1898}}</ref> * Patrick Hogan (1891–1936), politician and brother of James Hogan, was also born in the parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/hogan-patrick-j-paddy-a4057|title=Hogan, Patrick J.|work=Dictionary of Irish Biography|last=Murphy|first=William|date=October 2009|access-date=13 December 2021 | doi = 10.3318/dib.004057.v1 }}</ref> * Finian Monahan (1924–2010), Catholic priest and former head of the Discalced Carmelite Order<ref>{{cite web|url = http://carmelitaniscalzi.com/vernoticia.php?Id=2486 | publisher = Order of Discalced Carmelites | website = carmelitaniscalzi.com | title = Fr Finian Monahan dies at 86 years of age | date = 6 June 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708121104/http://carmelitaniscalzi.com/vernoticia.php?Id=2486 | archivedate = 8 Jul 2011 }}</ref> * Niamh Regan (born 1984), folk singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://niamhregan.bandcamp.com/|title=Niamh Regan|website=Niamh Regan}}</ref>
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