Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Killincoole

Civil parish in County Louth, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Killincoole (Irish: Cillín Cúile, meaning 'little church of the corner')[1] is a civil parish in County Louth, Ireland. It consists of three townlands:[2]

  • Allardstown, to the north
  • Killincoole, to the south
  • Rathneety, to the west

It is about 4 miles south of Lurgan-Green on the road from Ardee to Dundalk. In 1839 it had a population of 770.[3]

Killincoole Castle

Thumb
Killincoole Castle, 1784

The castle stands on private land, part of a farm.[4] It is a four-storey tower which has a vaulted basement and two D-shaped turrets. A staircase is located in the turret beside the east facing entrance.[5]

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads