A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
Cill Iúirín· Irish · main form · validated name
Killurin· English · main form
Place & story
A small thatched house
A roadside cottage in Killurin dates from about 1800 and was recorded by the architectural inventory as County Offaly's smallest thatched house. Its roof uses oaten straw, with decorative work along the ridge. Limewashed stone walls, a half-door and very small windows preserve the character of a modest rural dwelling. The absence of rear windows and the entrance arrangement are features of its traditional plan, making the building valuable for the domestic history it retains.[2]
John Howell’s memories of school
In a published account of growing up in Killurin, John Howell recalled travelling to the local school by pony and trap. Pupils warmed bottles of tea beside the fire and brought bread and jam for lunch. A partition divided the two classrooms, allowing one teacher to supervise everyone when the other was absent. Howell remembered about seventy pupils during his time; younger members of his family later attended Killeigh after the Killurin school closed.[3]
A club shared with Killeigh
Clodiagh Gaels was founded in 2015 when Killurin and Killeigh GAA clubs amalgamated. The club's own account connects the decision with the success of the parish's Na Fianna juvenile teams. Its facilities include a pitch in each village, preserving a physical base in both communities. The merger brought adult football and hurling into a common organisation while drawing on cooperation already established through the younger players.[4]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Killurin — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
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Killurin, Offaly
Published census settlement populations
142people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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