Kilcolgan

Kilcolgan
—  Town  —
Kilcolgan Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°12′45″N 8°52′21″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	M409203
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Kilcolgan (Irish: Cill Cholgáin, meaning "Colgan's church"), is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The N18 passes through the settlement. There are also two public houses, Donoghue's and Raftery's Rest (a public house where, supposedly, the bard Raftery once stayed). The town also contains possibly the country's best known Mother Hubbards, which has since 1956 been quelling kilcolgans finest hangovers with nothing but the best grease. Kilcolgans national sport, waiting for the bus, can be played daily every hour on the hour with regular contenders for the local Morans Oyster Cup. The winner holds the title until another contender kills the previous winner, or simply waits for a longer amount of time.

Places of interest

• Tyrone House, a neo-classical cut-stone ruin. St Sourney (Sairnait)'s church and well, a religious site dating from the 6th Century with a fine 11th century gothic carved doorway, a 19th century mansoleum (celebrated by the poet John Betjeman) and adjoining graveyard.

• Moran's Oyster Cottage Historic restaurant located in a traditional thatched cottage, established in the 1760s, operated by six generations of the same family.

See also

• Galway City
• County Galway
• N18
• Clarinbridge
• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Galway)
• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• Kilcolgan in Google Maps