Cill Chorbáin

Kilcorban derives from the Irish 'Cill Chorbáin,' meaning Saint Corbán's church. The place is named after Saint Corbán of Cluana, an early medieval ecclesiastical figure who died in 732 AD with his feast day celebrated on 19 July. Kilcorban was established as a church site in the early Christian period, positioned within Tynagh civil parish in the Barony of Leitrim, County Galway. By the late m...