the ruins of kilcurl church of st. cairill, that gives kilcurl its name, and its graveyard still remain, with headstones dating back through the 1950s & '60s and to the battle of carrickshock of 1831 and earlier. mocavo's records from "the history and antiquities" states that in the diocese of ossory kilcurl church was another of the old parochial churches granted to the priory of kells in the first years of the 13th century by mathew fitz griffin. it was then known as kyle-churrl, or the church of st. cairill, and as the only saint named cairill mentioned in the was "st. cairill, bishop, at tir-rois", it is presumed he was identical to the saint of kilcurl. st cairill was known to be an irish missionary to western scotland in the 6th century. there are at least two other cille choirill churches that are now known - one in roybridge, scotland, and a second in adelaide, australia. their connectivity has recently been established back to cille choirill in scotland, but establishing the connection back to kilcurl in ireland is ongoing.