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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Killala (1041 words) |
 | Muredach is described as an old man of Patrick's family, and was appointed to the Church of Killala as early as 442 or 443. |
| It was at Killala that Patrick baptized the two maidens whom he met in childhood at Focluth Wood by the western sea, and whose voices in visions of the night had often pathetically called him to come once more and dwell amongst them. |
| With pardonable pride the people of Killala still, and will ever, recall the fact that John McHale, Archbishop of Tuam, was a child of their diocese, and, if we may so speak, served his apprenticeship as bishop amongst them. |
| Killala - definition of Killala in Encyclopedia (82 words) |
| Killala (Irish: Cill Ala) is a village in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland. |
| The town is located in the West of Ireland, north of Ballina. |
| The railway line from Dublin to Ballina once extended to Killala. |
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