Information about Kilcolgan

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Kilcolgan
Irish Form of Name:
Cill Cholgain
Translation:
St. Colgan’s Church
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Kilcolgan
Kilcolgan Parish Popular name
Comment:
See parish
Situation:
W. of the parish and Townagh West townland

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.