Kilmore, County Wexford
| Kilmore Irish: An Chill Mhór | |
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
 Pub in Kilmore in 1979 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S992070 |
| Location: | 52°12’21"N, 6°32’59"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 132 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
Kilmore or Killmore is a village and townland in south County Wexford, about ten miles from Wexford town.
History
The name 'Kilmore' is from the Irish an Chill Mhór, meaning 'the big church'.[1] According to mid-19th century sources, its Yola language name was Kilmoor.[2]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in the surrounding townlands of Sarshill, Lannagh and Rickardstown.[3] An ecclesiastical enclosure, in the townland of Grange, contains the former parish church of Kilmore.[3] The ruined church, which is "probably of early origin", contains a number of early 17th century memorials.[4] The existing church within the village, St Mary's Roman Catholic church, dates to 1802.[5]
The Kilmore Carols, a tradition of carol singing at St. Mary's RC Church in Kilmore, has taken place at Christmas time since the 1750s.[6] In all, there are thirteen carols, eight of which are sung during the Christmas period, the first at first Mass on Christmas Day and the last one on Sunday nearest Twelfth Day.[7]
References
- ↑ An Chill Mhór / Kilmore: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Poole, Jacob (1867) (in en, mul). A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 110. ISBN 9781164528180.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 1996.
- ↑ Whitty, M. J. (1872). "The Whitty monument in the ruined church of Kilmore, County of Wexford". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 12: 59–64.
- ↑ "Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and Saint Joseph, Sarshill, Kilmore, Wexford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/15620004/catholic-church-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-saint-anne-and-saint-joseph-sarshill-kilmore-co-wexford. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ↑ "Kilmore carols". http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/traditions-and-customs/the-kilmore-carols/index.xml.
- ↑ "The Kilmore carollers". Irish Times. 22 December 1998. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-kilmore-carollers-1.228070. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
