Killarga
Killarga or Killargue (Irish: Cill Fhearga)[1] is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
6th c. church of St Fearga
Tobar Mhuire
Tiníl/Limekiln
Killarga is an ancient place of pilgrimage and was attached to a religious settlement, Cill Fhearga, which according to the Annals of the Four Masters was founded by a holy woman, St Fearga, as early as the 6th century.[2] There is a holy well named Tobar Mhuire, a 19th-century lime kiln on the way into it, a Teach Allais (ancient Irish sweat house) and other historical ruins in the area. Nearby is O'Donnell's Rock which is named after Aodh Rua Ó Dónaill.
The village has a school (Saint Brigid's National School), a post office, a community hall, a shop and a pub.
References
- "Killarga/Cill Fhearga". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- "Towns & Villages - Killargue". leitrimtourism.co. Leitrim Tourism. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010.
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