Killeadan

St. Aidan's N.S. Kiltimagh Co. Mayo, Ireland

Historic Killedan
How It Got It's Name
Killedan church and Graveyard

	This was the old graveyard for the Parish of Killedan, which includes the town of Kiltimagh. Killedan is the anglicised form of Cill Liadán, the church of Liadán. Excactly who Liadán was is uncertain but his descendants bear the name Lydon.
The old church, recently stabilized by a youth training scheme, is thought to date form the 12th Century. This conflicts with some local feelings that the Franciscan lay brothers used the already existing church.
	In the grounds are two cells. One of these cells could be the cell of St. Liadáin. (There is no hard historical support for a St. Liadáin)