Kiltubrid or Kiltubbrid () is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

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of Leitrim,

County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

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. The villages of

Keshcarrigan Keshcarrigan () is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is situated on the Shannon-Erne Waterway and R209 road and under Sheebeg (Sí Beag), an ancient pagan burial site which overlooks Lough Scur to the north and Keshcarrigan Lough to t ...

and

Drumcong Drumcong () is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland, located between Lough Scur and Carrickaport Lough. Overview Drumcong is between Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon on the R208 road. The village consists of St. Bridget's National School, ...

lie within the civil parish.

History

The name Kiltubrid derives from the

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

''Cill Tiobraid'' meaning "church of the well". This may be a reference to an ancient

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

Muintir Eolais The Muintir Eolais of Conmaicne Réin, were nobles of Gaelic Ireland. For seven hundred years from the 8th century, they lived and ruled an area roughly conterminous to present-day south County Leitrim. Their territory comprised the lands name ...

. This building was substantially demolished during Penal times. The remaining ruins are located beside a

holy well A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its gua ...

dedicated to

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

. Folklore relates that the well was infilled when the church was demolished, but sprang up a short distance away. On 5 December 1640, the Committee of Irish affairs of the

Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In Septem ...

upheld a petition against Frederick Hamilton from a native noble "Tirlagh

Mac Raghnaill ''Mac Raghnaill'' is a masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of ''Raghnall''". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name '' R ...

(

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) of Kiltubrid parish", which complained "hee had been prosecuted uniustlie for lands in the Countie of Leytrim in Ireland" by "Sir Fredericke Hambledon". The

Kiltubrid Shield The Kiltubbrid Shield is an Iron Age wooden shield from Ireland, discovered during the 19th century in the townland of Kiltubbrid, County Leitrim. It is probably the only perfect article of its description found in Europe, and dates from the lat ...

was discovered in the 19th century in the townland and parish of Kiltubrid. Evidence of

human settlement In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community in which people live. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of ci ...

Lough Scur Lough Scur () is a freshwater lake in south County Leitrim, northwest Ireland. It is part of the Shannon–Erne Waterway. There have been Human settlements here since the New Stone Age. Modern features include quays and moorings. Protected feat ...

has been dated to the

New Stone Age The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

Sport

Kiltubrid GAA Kiltubrid GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football club in Kiltubrid, County Leitrim, Ireland. Kilrubrid was originally founded on April 21st 1889, and was refounded 30th Jan 1978. The club has won the Leitrim Senior Football Cham ...

is the local

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...

club. The club won the

Leitrim Senior Football Championship The Leitrim Senior Football Championship is an annual football competition contested by top-tier Leitrim GAA clubs. The Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1890. St Mary's, Kiltoghert are the title ...

in 2005.Official website
- Kiltubrid GAA

References

Civil parishes of County Leitrim Holy wells in Ireland {{leitrim-geo-stub