Kiltegan
Cill Téagáin
Village
Kiltegan Church of Ireland and Hume family mausoleum
Kiltegan Church of Ireland and Hume family mausoleum
Kiltegan is located in Ireland
Kiltegan
Kiltegan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°54′15″N 6°36′24″W / 52.9043°N 6.6067°W / 52.9043; -6.6067
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wicklow
Elevation
148 m (486 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceS935848

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 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" starring Michael Caine, "Ella Enchanted" with Joanna Lumley, "Laws of Attraction" starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, and for ABC's television movie, "Prince William".[2]

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.[3] The village is also home to Kiltegan GAA club, which also includes players from the nearby sister village of Rathdangan.

Notable people

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. ↑ Clemence, Sara (14 December 2004). "Historic Humewood". Forbes. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "List of Overall Winners". Tidy Towns (Ireland). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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