Kilglass
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Kilglass or Kilglas is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in County Sligo, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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. 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. It also has a Protestant church.

The name

Although Cill Ghlas is the official Irish-language version of the name Kilglass today, it is believed that the most likely derivation is that it is a corruption of Cill Molaise (St Molash's church).

See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland
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