Built heritage Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a
ringfort site in Liscosker
townland. An early ecclesiastical site to the south of Kilkelly village, which includes the remains of a church and graveyard, is historically associated with
Saint Celsus (or Cellach). Urlaur Abbey, a monastic site dating to the mid-15th century, is also nearby.
Emigration Kilkelly is the subject of a song. "
Kilkelly, Ireland", by the American songwriter Peter Jones. In the 1980s, Jones discovered a collection of 19th century letters sent to his Irish emigrant ancestor in America from that ancestor's father in Kilkelly. Jones wrote a ballad based on the contents of those letters, conveying the experience of his own family as well as others separated by emigration. ==Amenities==