Place:Kilconnell, County Galway, Republic of Ireland

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NameKilconnell
Alt namesCill Chonaillsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown or village
Coordinates53.333°N 8.417°W
Located inCounty Galway, Republic of Ireland
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kilconnell is a small rural village in County Galway, Ireland. The village gives its name to the barony of Kilconnell, formerly held by the Lords de Freyne. In 2006 David Tye purchased the original feudal Barony of Kilconnell created in 1170 from Lord de Freyne and is the present holder. The feudal Barony of Kilconnell is registered in Ireland. There is also a peerage title, Baron Kilconnel, created in 1797, and later a subsidiary title of the Earls of Clancarty.

Its rural population in 2011 was 670. The land is mainly used for dairy farming and the raising of cattle.

It was once part of the kingdom of the Soghain of Connacht before being conquered by the Uí Maine.

The last known prosecution of a priest under the Popery Acts was the trial in 1822 of Fr John O'Connor, parish priest of Aughrim and Kilconnell, at the Galway Summer Assizes. He was acquitted.[1]

This village was the birthplace of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Johnny Callanan (1910–1982). His nephew Joe Callanan was also a TD for the Galway East constituency.

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