Kiltegan

Kiltegan Cill Téagáin
Village
Kiltegan Church of Ireland and Hume family mausoleum
Kiltegan Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°54′15″N 6°36′24″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Wicklow
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	S935848

Kiltegan (Irish: Cill Téagáin, meaning 'church of Tegan')^[1] is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland, on the R747 regional road close to the border with County Carlow. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.^[1] The civil parish extends into County Carlow.^[2]

According to tradition, the village takes its Irish name, Cill Téagáin (meaning 'church of Tegan'), from a 5th century saint who was reputedly a disciple of Saint Patrick.^[3]

The 19th century mansion Humewood House lies just outside the village. It was built in 1870 for William Hume-Dick, father-in-law of Richard Penruddocke Long, by William White. It remained in the Hume family until the death of Mimi Weygand (née Hume), in 1992. The house has been used as a location for films such as The Actors (2003) starring Michael Caine, Ella Enchanted (2004) with Anne Hathaway, Laws of Attraction (2004) starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, and for ABC's television movie, "Prince William" (2002).^[4]

The Roman Catholic St Patrick's Missionary Society, known as the Kiltegan Fathers, has its mother house at High Park 2 km from the village.

Kiltegan won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1973.^[5]

The village is also home to Kiltegan GAA club, which also includes players from the nearby sister village of Rathdangan. Kiltegan GAA club fields hurling, football and camogie teams.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Kiltegan

• J. P. Dalton (born 1984), Gaelic footballer

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Cill Téagáin/Kiltegan". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
2. "Civil Parish of Kiltegan, Co. Carlow". townlands.ie. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
3. "Kiltegan Wins Tidy Towns". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. Clemence, Sara (14 December 2004). "Historic Humewood". Forbes. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010.
5. "List of Overall Winners". Tidy Towns (Ireland). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

External links

• Church of Ireland, Kiltegan
• St.Patrick's Missionary Society/Kiltegan Fathers
• The Tidy Towns of Ireland "Celebrating 50 years"