Kilconnell (Irish: Cill Chonaill, meaning 'St Conal's church')[2] is a small rural village in County Galway, Ireland.

In 2006 David Tye purchased the original feudal Barony of Kilconnell created in 1170 from Lord de Freyne and is the present holder.

[4] This village was the birthplace of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Johnny Callanan (1910–1982).

Kilconnell Abbey is a Franciscan friary, founded in 1414, by William O'Kelly, Lord of Uí Maine.

The Papal Nuncio Archbishop Giovanni Rinuccini stayed in the abbey on 20 June 1648 on his way back from the Confederation at Kilkenny.

[citation needed] The area around Kilconnell was the stronghold of the O'Kellys, lords of Uí Maine and the Donnellan clans.

[citation needed] The local lake, Lough Acalla, has a crannog in the centre and is a rainbow trout fishery.