Kilcolgan, County Galway
The history of Kilcolgan
St Sourney, the oyster cottage of the 1760s, the bridge, a census town since 2016. 4 moments, in order.
- 6th century
St Sourney
The church and well date from then; the carved gothic doorway is of the eleventh century and the mausoleum of the nineteenth, celebrated by Sir John Betjeman.
- 1760s
Moran's
The oyster cottage, a restaurant in a thatched house, was established.
- Late 18th century
The bridge
The stone bridge over the Kilcolgan River.
- 2016 to 2022
A census town
First counted as a town in 2016 with 141 people, 194 by 2022, at the junction of the N67 and R458 between Gort and Clarinbridge.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Kilcolgan", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.