placenamesKilcurry
Cill an Churraigh
Kilcurry’s church and school preserve different aspects of the community’s history, from late Victorian building to decades of classroom life.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill an Churraigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilcurry · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Brigid’s Church
Saint Brigid’s Church carries an 1896 date plaque above its east entrance. The architectural survey attributes its design to W. H. Byrne. Rock-faced granite walls contrast with limestone details, while polished granite columns flank the entrances and divide the interior. Round-headed windows, rose windows and a three-stage tower give the building its distinctive outline. Inside, a timber roof and balcony accompany the marble altar. [2]
Teaching successive generations
A 2007 retirement report records Eileen McCann’s thirty-four years at Kilcurry National School, which she joined in 1973. She taught several age groups, served as deputy principal and helped organise the choir, plays and concerts. By the end of her career she was teaching children of former pupils. The account recalls a growing school, from four teachers when she arrived to six classroom teachers and additional support staff. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Louth
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Civil parish
- Ballymascanlan
- Coordinates
- 54.04250, -6.42633
- Logainm ID
- 1414221 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilcurry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Brigid’s Catholic Church, Kilcurry, survey 13900406 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Fond farewell to Kilcurry teacher, 1 February 2007 · Margaret Roddy, Dundalk local news / Irish Independent
- Saint Brigid’s Church at Kilcurry, as photographed in 2012 illustration: based on a The Catholic Church of St Brigid at Kilcurry, Co Louth by Eric Jones. 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 2026-08-12. How this page was prepared.