Cill Rois

Cill Rois, meaning 'church of the wood' or 'church of the promontory,' derives from cill (church) and ros (wooded height, wood, or promontory). The place name appears in historical records from 1839 with this interpretation confirmed across multiple Irish placenames sources. Kilrush lies in the Barony of Moyarta (historically Ibrickan in certain administrative contexts) within the civil parish...