Crosserlough
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Crosserlough
Cill Droim Feartáin | |
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Civil parish | |
  Crosserlough Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°52′37″N 7°17′24″W / 53.877°N 7.290°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Cavan |
Crosserlough (Irish: Cill Droim Feartáin, meaning 'church of the ridge of the burial mound'),[1] historically known as Cros Ar Loch, is a large civil parish in southern County Cavan in Ireland.[2] It is located between Ballyjamesduff and Lough Sheelin. The parish consists of the village of Kilnaleck, the townland of Drumkilly and the small settlement of Crosserlough. The latter is at the northern edge of the eponymous townland.
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Historical sites in Crosserlough include dolmen (portal tomb) sites in Duffcastle and Kildrumferton and several ring forts throughout the parish. There is also a mass rock from the time of the Penal Laws in Lehery. Kill Cemetery is associated with a number of folktales, including the shooting of a priest for saying mass during the Penal era.[citation needed]
Facilities
There are three Catholic churches in Crosserlough, which is a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Kilmore. These include St Mary's Church (the main parish church built in 1888) in the townland of Cullow, in the Crosserlough area.[3] The other two Catholic churches are in the village of Kilnaleck (St Patrick's) and in Drumkilly (St Joseph's).[3] There is also a Church of Ireland church, at Kildrumferton, which was rebuilt in 1812.[4]
The national (primary) schools in the parish are located at Kilnaleck, Drumkilly and Crosserlough.[citation needed] There are also several pubs, grocery shops, a post office, a pharmacy, a butcher's shop, a garage, barbers, drapery shop, a number of takeaway restaurants, a hairdresser, a beautician and a car dealership in Kilnaleck.[citation needed]