KILGERRIL, or KILGIRDLE, a parish, partly in
the barony of CLONMACNOON, and partly in that of
KILCONNELL, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
3 miles (W. N. W.) from Bullinasloe, on the
O
road from that place to Ahascragh; containing 1432
inhabitants. This parish comprises 4153 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and a considerable
quantity of bog. Fairfield is the residence of John
O'Brien, Esq., and the Lodge, of W. Usher, Esq. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, forming part of
the union of Aughrim; the rectory is appropriate to
the see, the deanery, and the vicarage; and the tithes
amount to £104. 6. 1¾. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Fohana: the chapel,
which stands on the road side, was erected in the year
1834.