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 barony 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 t ...

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. The villages of Keshcarrigan and Drumcong lie within the civil parish.

History

The name Kiltubrid derives from the

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''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 ...

in Muintir Eolais. 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 ( Reynolds) 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 was discovered in the 19th century in the townland and parish of Kiltubrid. Evidence of

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at Lough Scur has been dated to the New Stone Age.

Sport

Kiltubrid GAA 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 in 2005.Official website
- Kiltubrid GAA

References

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