Kilronan

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title: "Kilronan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gaeltacht-places-in-county-galway", "towns-and-villages-in-county-galway", "aran-islands", "port-cities-and-towns-in-the-republic-of-ireland", "gaeltacht-towns-and-villages"] description: "Village on island of Inishmore in Ireland" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilronan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village on island of Inishmore in Ireland ::

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

Field	Value
official_name	Kilronan
native_name
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Kilronan aerial view.jpg
image_caption	Aerial view
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 Galway
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2011 census of Ireland
population_footnotes
population_total	297
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
elevation_m	0
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info
footnotes	Cill Rónáin is the official name. The anglicised spelling Kilronan has no official status.
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|official_name = Kilronan |native_name = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Kilronan aerial view.jpg |image_caption = Aerial view |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 Galway |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 census of Ireland |population_footnotes = |population_total = 297 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 0 |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Cill Rónáin is the official name. The anglicised spelling Kilronan has no official status. Cill Rónáin (), unofficially anglicized as Kilronan, is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland. The ferries serving the island call at Doolin, County Clare and also Rossaveal, County Galway. The main industries are fishing and tourism. The village is situated in the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking district), and thus only the Irish version of the name has any legal or official status. Schoolchildren visit the village to improve their Irish at summer schools. As of 2016, 247 people live in the village and 43.3% of the population speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.

Popular culture

Kilronan is the subject of The Magnetic Fields's song "Abigail, Belle of Kilronan" from their album 69 Love Songs.

People

Honoria Gaffney who led The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace was born here in 1853.

References

References

1. "Cill Rónáin/Kilronan".
2. "Irish Language and the Gaeltacht".
3. "All Towns (Ireland): Counties & Towns – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
4. "Compilation of Song Meanings and Liner Notes from the Album 69 Love Songs".
5. "Gaffney, Honoria (Mother Mary Evangelista) {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography".

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