In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Kilmeen like this:
KILMEEN, a parish, in the barony of LEITRIM, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (E.) from Loughrea, on the road to Eyrecourt; containing 852 inhabitants. Here are Ballydoogan, the seat of W. Burke, Esq.; and Rathfarn, of J. Tully, Esq. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, forming the corps of the prebend of Kilmeen in the cathedral of Tuam, and in the patronage of the Archbishop; the tithes amount to £116. ...
6. 1 ¾. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a small chapel. About 100 children are educated in a private school. There are the ruins of a castle at Ballydoogan.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilmeen, in and County Galway | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29920
Date accessed: 06th May 2024
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