Kilcolgan
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M409203 |
Kilcolgan (Irish: Cill Cholgáin, meaning "Colgan's church"),[1] is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The N18 passes through the settlement, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of the Galway Bay drowning tragedy.
Places of interest
- Tyrone House, a ruined manor house
- Kilcolgan Bridge, late 18th-century stone bridge[2]
- Kilcolgan Castle, Gothic Revival country house[3]
- St Sourney (Sairnait)'s church and well, a religious site dating from the 6th Century with a fine 11th-century gothic carved doorway, a 19th-century mausoleum (celebrated by the British poet Sir John Betjeman) and adjoining graveyard.
- Moran's Oyster Cottage, historic restaurant located in a traditional thatched cottage, established in the 1760s, operated by seven generations of the same family.
References
- ↑ Kilcolgan profile, Irish Placenames Database, logainm.ie; retrieved 8 May 2015.
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See also
- Galway Bay
- Galway City
- Mention of Kilcolgan Abbey on a list of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Galway)
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
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