Kildress

Kildress (from Irish Cill Dreasa 'church of the brambles')[1] is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Kildress

Cill Dreasa
Village / civil parish
St Patrick's Church of Ireland, Kildress
Coordinates: 54.651°N 6.856°W / 54.651; -6.856

There are two churches in the area. One is St. Patrick's Church of Ireland and the other is St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Killeenan. St. Patrick's Church was built in 1818.[2] The present St. Joseph's Church was built in 1996. It replaced an earlier church that was built in 1855.[3] The local primary school is St. Joseph's Primary School.[4]

Nearby is Drum Manor Forest Park,[5] and Wellbrook Beetling Mill.[6]

It is home to Cloughfin Pipe Band and the Kildress Wolfe Tones GAA club,[7]

See also

References
  1. "Place names Ireland-Kildress". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Kildress Parish-History". Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "History-St. Joseph's Chapel, Kelleenan". Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. "St. Joseph's Primary School". Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. "Multimap". Multimap. Multimap. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "Wellbrook Beetling Mill". Discover Ireland. Discover Ireland. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. "Kildress Wolfe Tones". Kildress Wolfe Tones. Kildress Wolfe Tones. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.


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