Kilcreggan

Kilcreggan, a coast-village in Rosneath peninsula, Dumbartonshire, 3 1/4 miles NW. of Greenock. It forms a police-burgh with Cove. Pop. 916.

Kilcullen

Kilcullen, a town of Kildare, 5 miles S. of Newbridge station. Pop. 616.

Kildonan

Kildo'nan, a Sutherland parish, 83 miles NNE. of Dingwall. Gold was mined here in 1868-69, and experimental diggings were renewed in 1894.

Kilfinnane

Kilfinnane, a village of County Limerick, 5 miles SE. of Kilmallock. Pop. 1016.

Kilia

Kilia, a town in the portion of Bessarabia ceded by Roumania to Russia in 1878, is situated on the northern bank of the Kilia branch of the Danube, 20 miles NB. of Ismail. Pop. 11,700.

Kilima-Njaro

Kilima-Nja'ro, an isolated mountain mass in East Africa, standing between Victoria Nyanza and the coast, just within the northern limit of the German East African Company's territory, in 3° 20' S. lat. and 37° 50' E. long. It consists of two peaks, or rather craters, Kibo and Kima-wenzi, connected by a broad saddle (14,000 feet) studded with lava hills. Kibo was climbed by Dr Meyer in 18S9. Its highest point is 19,680 feet above sea-level; its crater is 650 feet deep and 6500 feet in diameter. He also climbed Kimawenzi, and found it to exceed 17,250 feet. The crater rim of both peaks is covered with a thick crust of ice. In 1894, with the assent of the I.B.E.A. Company, a community of peaceful (but armed) Austrian Communists established themselves on the slopes of Kilima-Njaro. See H. H. Johnston's Kilimanjaro Expedition (1886).

Kilkee

Kilkee, a watering-place of County Clare, on Moore Bay, 8 miles NW. of Kilrush. Pop. 1666.

Kilkeel

Kilkeel, a seaport of County Down, 10 miles SE. of Warrenpoint station. Pop. 1377.

Killala

Killala, a seaport of County Mayo, 8 miles NW. of Ballina station. Pop. 510.

Killaloo

Killaloo (Killaloo'), a town of Clare, on the Shannon, 17 miles NE. of Limerick. Pop. 885.

Killashandra

Killashandra, a town of Cavan, 6 miles NW. of Crossdoney station. Pop. 559.

Killearn

Killearn, a Stirlingshire village, 16 1/2 miles NNW. of Glasgow. At the farmhouse of Moss, 1 3/4 mile SSW., was born George Buchanan.

Killenaule

Killenaule, a town of Tipperary, 11 miles SE. of Thurles. Pop. 560.

Killiecrankie

Killiecrankie, a beautiful wooded pass in Perthshire, on the Garry, 15 miles NNW. of Dunkeld. It is traversed by Wade's Great Highland Road (1732), and by the Highland Railway (1863). At its head, on 27th July 1689, Claver-house defeated Mackay and was slain.

Killin

Killin', a Perthshire village, near the head of Loch Tay, 37 miles NW. of Stirling. Pop. 539.

Killorglin

Killorglin, a town of County Kerry, 13 miles NW. of Killarney. Pop. 1018.

Killybegs

Killybegs, a Donegal seaport, 17 miles W. of Donegal town. Pop. 1607.

Killyleagh

Killyleagh (Killylay'), a seaport of County Down, on the west side of Lough Strangford, 6 miles N. of Downpatrick. Pop. 1410.

Kilmainham

Kilmainham, a western suburb of Dublin city. Pop. 5390. Here are the Royal Hospital for 250 old soldiers, founded by Charles II., and the prison of Kilmainham.