Killea is a village

Village

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 in North Tipperary

North Tipperary

North Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-West Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The village lies off the N62 road, 5 km from Templemore

Templemore

Templemore is a town in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea....

. The local Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

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 club is Cill Aodha. It is a civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the historical barony

Barony (Ireland)

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 of Ikerrin

Ikerrin

Ikerrin is one of the baronies of Ireland, a historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Roscrea. It is one of 14 baronies in the traditional county of Tipperary between the baronies of Eliogarty to the south and Ormond Upper to the west...

. It is also part of the Roman Catholic parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea

Templemore, Clonmore and Killea (Catholic Parish)

Templemore, Clonmore and Killea is an ecclesiastical parish that is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The parish includes the town of Templemore and the nearby villages of Clonmore and Killea in North Tipperary, Ireland. Churches in the parish are:* The Church of the Sacred...

 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in mid-western Ireland. The diocese is in the secular province of Munster. The Diocese of Cashel was established in 1111 by the Synod of Rathbreasail and promoted to the status of a Metropolitan Province in 1152 by the...

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Education

Killea National School is a co-educational primary school, founded in 1895. Originally housed in a three-roomed building, the school was later transferred to a new building. The school tracksuit

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 uniform consists of a navy top with a grey inset crest on the chest and navy pants. As of January 2009, the school serves 32 pupils.

Village church

Killea (Cill Aodh- literally the church founded by Aodh) gets its name from the C5th church established by Aodh, a disciple of Saint Declan of Ardmore, but the ruined church now visible is of medieval origin.

There has been a Catholic

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 church in the village since at least the 13th century CE, as noted in the Papal taxation list of parishes of 1302-1306, and in a later list from 1437. Remnants of the original chapel can be seen in the village's old church cemetery. In 1832, the current church St. James' Church of Killea was built, with the foundation stone laid by Reverend Patrick Fant, parish priest of Templemore. Reverend William Heffernan was chosen to oversee construction of the church. At the time, Saint James was particularly popular in the area and had a dedicated well

Clootie well

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 in nearby Kilkip to which sick people travelled on his feast day

Roman Catholic calendar of saints

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See also

• List of civil parishes of North Tipperary
• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland