Kilmeena

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title: "Kilmeena" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-and-villages-in-county-mayo", "civil-parishes-of-county-mayo"] description: "Village in County Mayo, Ireland" topic_path: "general/towns-and-villages-in-county-mayo" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmeena" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in County Mayo, Ireland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Kilmeena
native_name	Cill Mhíona
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Civil parish
image_skyline	St Brendans Church, Co Mayo (geograph 3473430).jpg
image_caption	St Brendans Catholic church in Kilmeena
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Connacht
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Mayo
unit_pref	Metric
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info
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History

The Kilmeena ambush was the scene of a defeat for the local Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. On 19 May 1921, British troops surprised an IRA ambush party at Kilmeena. Five IRA men were killed and four were wounded and captured. The remainder of the column fled over the mountains to Skerdagh. One Royal Irish Constabulary man and one Black and Tans member were also killed in the action.

Sport

Kilmeena GAA Club was founded in 1889. According to the club's records, the club first fielded a Gaelic football team against Westport at Kilmeena on 10 March 1889. The club was reputedly affiliated to the Mayo county board in the same year. The club's grounds at Saint Brendan's Park were first opened in 1938, and a new club house was formally opened in 2000. In 2022, Kilmeena won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship with a win over Gneeveguilla of County Kerry at Croke Park.

Song

In 1884, George Cooper and John Rogers Thomas wrote a song Sweet Flower of Kilmeena.

References

References

1. "Cill Mhíona / Kilmeena". Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. "Kilmeena Post Office, Carrowbeg, Kilmeena, Westport, Co. Mayo". An Post.
3. "History".
4. (15 October 2019). "Five IRA men killed in botched ambush". The Irish Times.
5. (14 June 2016). "Commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Kilmeena Ambush".
6. "History".
7. (6 February 2022). "History for Kilmeena who bring All-Ireland title to Mayo as they overcome Gneeveguilla".
8. (August 2022). "Sweet Flower of Kilmeena (Thomas, John Rogers) – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".

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