Killanny Social Hall
The Hall was built in the late 1940s and has served the community of Killanny for over 70 years. In recent years it has been underused as a community resource. A new committee was formed in 2024 to re-establish the facility as a hub for community groups and hosting of local activities.
The hall is managed by the volunteer committee via a newly established company "Killanny Social Hall (Limited By Guarantee)". Details on the facilities available can be found here.
A pictorial history of Killanny
Introduction by Dr. Terence Dooley – History Department – NUI Maynooth
By 1927, the present church at Tullydrum had been built by McAdorey Builders from Dundalk (with much voluntary assistance from Locals) in the Hiberno-Romanesque style. The Limestone was carried by horse and cart from Lisgall in the neighbouring parish of Donaghmoyne.
The following year, Fr. Thomas Brennan, the then parish priest, opened St. Enda’s Church for public worship.
Almost twenty years later, in 1947, the parochial hall was completed at a cost of £8000; its objective, according to Canon McConnell, was to pay off the outstanding debt on the church through the organisation of dances (held twice weekly) and other fundraising functions. The hall committee consisted of men such as Jim Kelly, Joe Finnegan, Pat Traynor and John McKenna.
Throughout its history many notable acts played in the hall with Big Tom making his debut there. During the 1980’s bingo in the hall, organised by the G.A.A. was very popular.
The hall is managed by the volunteer committee via a newly established company "Killanny Social Hall (Limited By Guarantee)". Details on the facilities available can be found here.
History
The following is taken from the Killanny Heritage Committee - Book 2008A pictorial history of Killanny
Introduction by Dr. Terence Dooley – History Department – NUI Maynooth
By 1927, the present church at Tullydrum had been built by McAdorey Builders from Dundalk (with much voluntary assistance from Locals) in the Hiberno-Romanesque style. The Limestone was carried by horse and cart from Lisgall in the neighbouring parish of Donaghmoyne.
The following year, Fr. Thomas Brennan, the then parish priest, opened St. Enda’s Church for public worship.
Almost twenty years later, in 1947, the parochial hall was completed at a cost of £8000; its objective, according to Canon McConnell, was to pay off the outstanding debt on the church through the organisation of dances (held twice weekly) and other fundraising functions. The hall committee consisted of men such as Jim Kelly, Joe Finnegan, Pat Traynor and John McKenna.
Throughout its history many notable acts played in the hall with Big Tom making his debut there. During the 1980’s bingo in the hall, organised by the G.A.A. was very popular.