Editing Killala (section)

{{short description|Village in County Mayo, Ireland}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Killala
|native_name            = {{Irish place name|Cill Ala}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Killala street scene - geograph.org.uk - 486739.jpg
|image_caption          = Shops on the Ballycastle Road in Killala
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Connacht]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Mayo]]
|established_title      = 
|established_date       = 
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_footnotes         = 
|area_total_km2         = 
|population_as_of       = [[2016 census of Ireland|2016]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=3AECB3B7-874C-4710-8341-2BF5AF1AC31E | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Killala | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 6 July 2018}}</ref>
|population             = 562
|population_urban       =
|population_rural       =
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1              = [[West European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset1            = +0
|timezone1_DST          = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]])
|utc_offset1_DST        = -1
|coordinates            = {{coord|54|12|45|N|09|13|17|W|region:IE||display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes    = 
|elevation_m            =
|blank_name             = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]]
|blank_info             = {{iem4ibx|G206286}}
|website                = 
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}}
'''Killala''' ({{Irish place name|Cill Ala|the mottled church}}<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1412920 | title = Cill Ala/Killala | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = [[Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht|Government of Ireland – Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht]] and [[Dublin City University]] | access-date = 6 July 2018}}</ref>) is a village in [[County Mayo]] in Ireland, north of [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]]. The [[rail transport in Ireland|railway line]] from [[Dublin]] to Ballina once extended to Killala. To the west of Killala is the [[townland]] of Townsplots West (known locally as Enagh Beg), which contains a number of ancient forts.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Historically associated with [[Saint Patrick]], and the seat of an [[episcopal see]] for several centuries, evidence of Killala's ecclesiastical past include a 12th-century [[Irish round tower|round tower]] and the 17th century Cathedral  Church of St Patrick.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Killala |volume=15 |short=x}}</ref> As of the [[2016 census of Ireland]], the village had a population of 562.<ref name=cso2016/> The village is in a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of the same name.<ref name=logainm/>