Kilmore or Killmore (Irish: an Chill Mhór, meaning 'the big church'),[2] locally pronounced 'Kilmoor', is a village in south County Wexford, Ireland, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Wexford town. Kilmore is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]
Kilmore
An Chill Mhór | |
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Village | |
 Pub in Kilmore in 1979 | |
  Kilmore Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′21″N 6°32′59″W / 52.20583°N 6.54972°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Wexford |
| Population (2016)[1] | 132 |
History
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The village's English name, Kilmore, derives from the Irish An Chill Mhór, meaning "big church".[2] According to mid-19th century sources, its Yola language name was Kilmoor.[3]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the surrounding townlands of Sarshill, Lannagh and Rickardstown.[4] An ecclesiastical enclosure, in the townland of Grange, contains the former parish church of Kilmore.[4] The ruined church, which is "probably of early origin", contains a number of early 17th century memorials.[5] The existing church within the village, St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, dates to 1802.[6]
The Kilmore Carols, a tradition of carol singing at St. Mary's RC Church in Kilmore, has taken place at Christmas time since the 1750s.[7] In all, there are thirteen carols, eight of which are sung during the Christmas period, the first at first Mass on Christmas Day and the last one on Sunday nearest Twelfth Day.[8]
Public transport
editWexford Bus operate several services a day (not Sundays) between Wexford and Kilmore Quay via Johnstown Castle, Bridgetown and Kilmore.[9] Bus Éireann route 383 operates between Wexford railway station and Kilmore Quay via Kilmore on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.[10]
See also
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edit- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Kilmore". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "An Chill Mhór / Kilmore". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Poole, Jacob (1867). A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland (in English and multiple languages). Kessinger Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 9781164528180.
- ^ a b Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1996.
- ^ Whitty, M. J. (1872). "The Whitty monument in the ruined church of Kilmore, County of Wexford". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 12: 59–64.
- ^ "Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and Saint Joseph, Sarshill, Kilmore, Wexford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Kilmore carols". askaboutireland.ie.
- ^ "The Kilmore carollers". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 December 1998. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Wexford Bus - Timetable".
- ^ "Christmas & New Year Travel Arrangements - Travel anywhere in Ireland by bus or coach with Bus Éireann e.g. Dublin, Cork, Galway, etc". Archived from the original on 29 December 2010.