Killala
Village in County Mayo, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Killala (Irish: Cill Ala, meaning "the mottled church"[2]) is a village in County Mayo in Ireland, north of Ballina. The railway line from Dublin to Ballina once extended to Killala. To the west of Killala is the townland of Townsplots West (known locally as Enagh Beg), which contains a number of ancient forts.[citation needed] Historically associated with Saint Patrick, and the seat of an episcopal see for several centuries, evidence of Killala's ecclesiastical past include a 12th-century round tower and the 17th century Cathedral Church of St Patrick.[3] As of the 2016 census of Ireland, the village had a population of 562.[1] The village is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]