Kiltubbrid

Kiltubrid or Kiltubbrid (Irish: Cill Tiobraid)[1] is a civil parish in the barony of Leitrim, County Leitrim, Ireland. The villages of Keshcarrigan and Drumcong lie within the civil parish.[1]

Kiltubrid

Cill Tiobraid
Civil parish
Lough Scur lies within Kiltubrid civil parish
Kiltubrid
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54.0353°N 7.95°W / 54.0353; -7.95
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Leitrim
Irish Grid ReferenceH033096

History

The name Kiltubrid derives from the Irish Cill Tiobraid meaning "church of the well". This may be a reference to an ancient church in Muintir Eolais. This building was substantially demolished during Penal times. The remaining ruins are located beside a holy well dedicated to Saint Patrick. Folklore relates that the well was infilled when the church was demolished, but sprang up a short distance away.

On 5 December 1640, the Committee of Irish affairs of the Long Parliament upheld a petition against Frederick Hamilton from a native noble "Tirlagh Mac Raghnaill (Reynolds) of Kiltubrid parish",[2] which complained "hee had been prosecuted uniustlie for lands in the Countie of Leytrim in Ireland" by "Sir Fredericke Hambledon".[3]

The Kiltubrid Shield was discovered in the 19th century in the townland and parish of Kiltubrid. Evidence of human settlement at Lough Scur has been dated to the New Stone Age.

Sport

Kiltubrid GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. The club won the Leitrim Senior Football Championship in 2005.[4]

References
  1. "Cill Tiobrad / Kiltubbrid". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. "The Down Survey of Ireland".
  3. Simonds d'Ewes. "The Journal of Simonds d'Ewes". p. 111, Footnote 28.
  4. Official website - Kiltubrid GAA

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