Kilkieran Cill Chiaráin
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53°19′33″N 9°44′07″W / 53.3258, -9.7353
Irish grid reference L844319
Statistics
Province:	Connacht
County:	County Galway
Elevation:	0 m
Population (2002)

Kilkieran (Irish: Cill Chiaráin) is a village in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, located in the west of the county, along the west coast of Ireland. Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The Irish grid reference system is a system of geographic Grid references commonly used in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Poetic description This dinnseanchas poem named Ard Ruide (Ruide Headland poetically describes the kingdoms of Ireland Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The R340 road along the coast from Galway city passes through Kilkieran. Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads Galway (Gaillimh is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The name derives from the Irish Cill Chiaráin meaning St. Ciarán's church.

There is also a Kilkieran in County Kilkenny, home to a high cross. County Kilkenny ( is a landlocked county in Ireland. The county takes its name from the city of Kilkenny and has a population of 87558 High Cross is the name of a number of locations in the United Kingdom England High Cross Cambridgeshire High Cross

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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