KILLINEEN, or KILLINAN, a parish, partly in it the barony of LOUGHREA but chiefly in that of DUNKELLIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2½ miles (W.) from Craughwell, on the road to Oranmore ; containing 1449 inhabitants.
It comprises a 4374 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; and is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, forming part of the union of Kilcolgan ; the rectory is partly appropriate to the see and partly to the archdeaconry. The tithes amount to £134, of which £26 is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £63 to the archdeacon, and £35 to the vicar.
About 40 children are educated in a private school.
Note: in his
article on Craughwell, Lewis states that the Church for the Union of Killinane
and the Roman Catholic chapel are situated in Craughwell.
In this article he states that Killinan is part of the union of Kilcolgan,
and in his article on Kilcolgan he does not list Killinan or
Killineen as being part of that union
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