Kilglass
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| Kilglass Cill Ghlas |
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| Irish grid reference G311327 |
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| Province: | Connacht | |
| County: | County Sligo | |
| Elevation: | 15 m | |
| Population (2002) - Town: - Environs: |
- 1,245 |
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Kilglass (Cill Ghlas in Irish) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. The wider Parish of Kilglass includes, as well as the village itself, the nearby town of Enniscrone.
Kilglass has a Catholic church — the Church of the Holy Family — and a primary school, Kilglass National School. The Jesus and Mary Secondary School is 4 km away in Enniscrone town.
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[edit] The name
Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today,[1] it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).[2]
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