Kilmaine or Kilmain () is a

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and village in

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"Kilmaine", derived from the Irish language 'Cill Mheán', means The Middle Church – 'Cill' is the word used in the Irish language for a church, and 'meán' is the Irish word for middle. The village is located on the N84 road between

Shrule Shrule (, also anglicised to ''Shruel'', usage deprecated) is a village on the N84 road in County Mayo in Ireland. The county boundary between Mayo and County Galway follows the course of the Black River on the south side of the village. The r ...

and

Ballinrobe Ballinrobe () is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is located on the River Robe, which empties into Lough Mask two kilometres to the west. As of the 2016 census, the population was 2,786. History Foundation and development Ballinrobe is con ...

. The hinterland is entirely rural, made up of farms and scattered houses. The nearest town is

, and the closest city is

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

, roughly 40 kilometers (24 miles) away. The village of Kilmaine had a population of 147 at the 2016 Census. The village has a post office, a petrol station, two shops four pubs, a church, school, a Garda (police) station. It also has a

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 ...

pitch.

Transport

The village lies on the N84 road that links Galway to

Castlebar Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Developing around a 13th century castle of the de Barry family, de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal poi ...

(Irish: ''Caisleán an Bharraigh)'' . A bus service that runs four days a week between Galway and Ballina passes through Kilmaine and also travels through Castlebar.

Sport

The local

club, Kilmaine GAA, was founded on 9 March 1937. The first competitive game ever played by a Kilmaine team was against Castlegar (Claremorris), in Curran's field. A local boxing club sometimes runs in the community centre.

Kilmaine barony

;Civil parishes in the barony: *Ballinchalla *Ballinrobe *Cong *Kilcommon *Kilmainebeg *Kilmainemore *Kilmolara *Moorgagagh *Shrule ;Towns and villages in the barony: *

* Cong *

Hollymount Hollymount () is a village on the R331 regional road in County Mayo, Ireland. It lies midway between the towns of Ballinrobe and Claremorris in the plains of south Mayo. It has a post office, a mini-mart, a community centre (Cois Abhainn), a ...

*Kilmaine * Roundfort *

* The Neale

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