placenamesKilclare
Coill an Chláir
A former school building became the focus of a community reunion in 2014.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Coill an Chláir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilclare · English · main form
Place & story
The 1894 school
Kilclare’s stone-built national school opened on 10 October 1894, replacing an earlier school near Drumbrannad Crossroads. Marie Donohoe’s history records a 99-year site lease and a building designed for 120 pupils. By the time of her account, the old school had been restored and was used as a paint shop. [2]
Returning in 2014
Past pupils returned in August 2014 for the school’s 120th anniversary. Roll books rescued from damp storage were displayed, a commemorative history was launched and a plaque unveiled. Donohoe, the organising committee’s secretary, describes former pupils travelling from Britain and the United States to meet school friends again. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Civil parish
- Kiltubbrid
- Coordinates
- 54.00319, -8.01525 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 131539 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilclare. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilclare School: History and Reunion 2014, Leitrim Guardian 2015, pages 114–115 · Marie Donohoe
- Kilclare Upper Lock on the Shannon–Erne Waterway, as photographed in 2004 illustration: based on a Kilclare Upper Lock - Shannon-Erne-Waterway by Suse. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.