Kilkishen ()
is a village in southeast
County Clare
County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...
, Ireland. The village is east of
Quin and north of
Shannon.
Demographics
According to a report by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Kilkishen had a population of 519. At the 2006 Census the population was 443, a rise from 324 at the 2002 Census. The population of the village, at the
2022 census, was 651.
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Facilities
Kilkishen is in the civil parish of Clonlea
Clonlea or Clonleigh () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Kilkishen. It is part of the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills.
Location
Clonlea is in the barony of Tullagh. It is to the north of ...
and in the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills
O'Callaghan's Mills (), also O'Callaghansmills, is a village in County Clare, Ireland, and a Catholic parish by the same name.
It takes its name from the O'Callaghan family, who were large landowners in the area, and a corn and grist mill built ...
. and was owned by the Studderts of Kilkishen House. 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.Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
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.
Kilkishen National School is in the village and, according to their website, has an enrollment of 108 students.
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.
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.
Sport
Kilkishen GAA was a hurling
Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
team that is now defunct. The team won the Clare Senior Hurling Championship in 1923 and 1932 and were finalists in 1938.camogie
Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
club.
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
External links
Kilkishen (Cill Chisín)
at Clare County Library
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Towns and villages in County Clare