Killeenadeema

The name in Irish is , where means "little church". Thus, it means "Chapel of Díoma". ==Location==

Killeenadeema is in the barony of Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland. The civil parish has an area of . The town of Loughrea lies on the north shore of Lough Rea, a lake. Killeenadeema includes the southern part of Lough Rea and extends south to the border with County Clare. It contains the Derrybrien Wind Farm. The R353 road crosses the southern part of the parish, running through Derrybrien. Adjoining parishes are Ardrahan, Ballynakill (Leitrim barony), Feakle (Clare), Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Killinan, Kilteskill, Kilthomas and Loughrea. ==Church==

The corresponding Catholic parish is in the Diocese of Clonfert. The Killeenadeema Graveyard about south of the lake contains the ruins of the ancient church of Saint Dimas as well as the more recent Catholic church. Saint Dympna's Church was built around 1830 with a single-bay nave and transepts. In 1920 a shallow canted single-bay apse was added. It is built of limestone, with pitched slate roofs. The interior has a timber battened ceiling, a carved timber gallery, marble altar furniture and very fine stained glass windows. The church is set in a graveyard with many 18th- and 19th-century gravestones, surrounded by a rubble limestone boundary wall. ==Parish in 1837==

According to Samuel Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), ==Notable people==

Notable people associated with Killeenadeema include: • Tony Cummins (1906– 2010), priest and centenarian born in the parish • Seán Cunningham (1918–1997), Irish cooperative activist and Republican born in the parish • John Fahy (1893–1969), Irish priest, republican, agrarian and radical • John Bernard Hynes (1897–1970), mayor of Boston, from a family from the parish • Edmond MacHugo, 16th-.century Irish Chief who resided at Killeenadeema castle, now destroyed • Peter Kelly (1847–1908), president of the Gaelic Athletic Association in the late 1880s • P. J. Kelly (1843–1908), Fenian ==Notes==