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Catholic parish in County Laoise, Ireland Roman Catholic parish in Leinster, Ireland
Killeigh Parish
Roman Catholic parish
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Offaly
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Killeigh Parish, is a parish in County Offaly within the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland.

Description

It has five villages: Killurin, Geashill, Ballinagar, Cloneygowan, & Killeigh.

It lies in the shadow of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Geographically it is the largest parish in the diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, and the second largest in the country.

Priests

As of 2024,the parish priest is Fr. John Stapleton.

Thomas Coonan PE(retired parish priest) CC, Killeigh

Churches

The parish is served by three churches:

GAA

There are 3 GAA clubs in Killeigh Parish.

Ballinagar- Football only

Clodiagh Gaels- Hurling and Football

Raheen- Football only

As Clodiagh Gaels is the only club in the Parish with a hurling team players from Ballinagar and Raheen who wish to play Hurling play with Clodiagh Gaels.

References

  1. ^ "Killeigh Parish". www.killeigh.com. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  2. "Parish of Killeigh". Kandle. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  3. "Parish of Killeigh". Kandle. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  4. Corrigan, Kevin (2022-11-06). "THE MAN BEHIND THE WIRE: Ballinagar's magical year an inspiration to all small clubs in Offaly". www.offalyexpress.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-10.


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