KILTESKILL, a parish, partly in the barony of
LOUGHREA, but chiefly in that of LEITRIM, county of
GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles (S. E.)
from Loughrea, on the road to Woodford; containing
900 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the south
by the Slievebaughta mountains, and comprises 2734
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, forming part of the
union of Loughrea; the rectory is partly appropriate to
the bishoprick, and partly to the corps of the prebend
of Kilteskill in the cathedral of Clonfert. The tithes
amount to £88.1.1., of which £20.9- 8½. is payable to
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £10. 5. 4½. to the prebendary,
and £57. 6. to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions
it forms part of the union or district of Killeenadeema,
and contains a chapel.