Kiltealy () is a small village in the southeastern corner of

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. It is situated on the foothills of the

Blackstairs Mountains The Blackstairs Mountains ( ga, Na Staighrí Dubha) run roughly north/south along the border between County Carlow and County Wexford in Ireland. The highest peak is Mount Leinster with a total height of 2612 ft/ 796 metres. See also *List ...

in County Wexford at the junction of the R702 and R730

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s, on the eastern flank of the Blackstairs Mountains.

Demographics

In 2002, the Kiltealy electoral area had a population of 409.

People

* Anthony Kearns, member of the Irish Tenors, born Kiltealy *

Mogue Kearns Father Mogue Kearns ( ga, Mo Aodh Óg Ó Céirín; died 12 July 1798), sometimes called Moses Kearns, was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and United Irishman executed by the British on 12 July 1798, after leading 2,000 rebel troops in Wexford. Bi ...

, priest and executed rebel leader in the

1798 rebellion The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced b ...

, born Kiltealy

References

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