Peter Kilkelly was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, who served as

Bishop of Kilmacduagh The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics. Histo ...

from 1750 to 1783. Kilkelly was a native of

County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

. His family, Mac Giolla Cheallaigh, were a branch of the dynasty that once ruled Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a kingdom occupying roughly the same land area as the

diocese of Kilmacduagh The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now ...

. A member of the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

, Kilkelly was appointed 22 June and consecrated 14 October 1744, and became

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Kilfenora Kilfenora ( ga, Cill Fhionnúrach , meaning 'Church of the Fertile Hillside' or 'Church of the White Brow') is a village and a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated south of the karst limestone region known as the Burren. Si ...

when the two dioceses united in September 1750. Bishop Kilkelly died on 29 May 1783. On his death, Kilfenora was united to the diocese of Kilmacduagh under Laurence Nihell (or Nihill), D.D., a native of

Tulla Tulla () is a market town in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the east of the county, on the R462 and near its junction with the R352, 18km from Ennis. Etymology Tulla is generally translated as ''An Tulach'', meaning "round hill". ...

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

.James Mitchell: "Laurence Nihell (1726-1795), Bishop of Kilfenora and Kilmacduagh". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 34 (1974/1975), pp. 58-87.

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* http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/frost/chap7_kilfenora_diocese.htm * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames b ...

, 1978. * ''A New History of Ireland: Volume IX - Maps, Genealogies, Lists'', ed. T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, pp. 322–324. Christian clergy from County Galway Bishops of Kilmacduagh 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 1783 deaths {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub

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