Killeen
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Places

  • Killeen, County Armagh - a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • Killeen, County Cork - a village in County Cork
    County Cork
    County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

    , Ireland
  • Killeen, County Down - a townland in County Down
    County Down
    -Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...

    , Northern Ireland
  • Killeen, County Meath
    Killeen, County Meath
    Killeen is a small village in County Meath, Ireland, 7 km from the town of Dunshaughlin.See Geoffrey de Cusack, Lord of Killeen for description of the interior of the original castle.-Places of interest:...

     - a village in County Meath
    County Meath
    County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

    , Ireland
  • Killeen, County Laois - a village in County Laois
    County Laois
    County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...

    , Ireland
  • Killeen Castle, Dunsany
    Killeen Castle, Dunsany
    Killeen Castle , located in Dunsany, near Killeen, County Meath, Ireland, is the current construction on a site occupied by a castle since around 1180. The current building, in the process of renovation as a luxury hotel, is a restoration of a largely 19th century construction, burnt out in 1981...

     - a 12th century castle and estate in County Meath, Ireland
  • Killeen, Texas
    Killeen, Texas
    Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, The United States. The population was 86,911 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, Killeen had 119,510 people. In 2010 Killeen's population shot to 127,921...

     - a city in Bell County, Texas, United States
  • Killeen
    Killeen, County Tipperary
    Killeen is a townland in the Civil Parish of Borrisokane, in the Barony of Ormond Lower, North Tipperary, Ireland.It is one of eight townlands in County Tipperary sharing the name Killeen....

     - a townland
    Townland
    A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

     in County Tipperary
    County Tipperary
    County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...

    , Ireland

Surname

  • Graham Killeen
    Graham Killeen
    Graham Killeen is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the writer-director of "Six Bullets", a short film that premiered at the NYC Downtown Film Festival in 2007. He won the Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee 2006 award for "Best Milwaukee Filmmaker"...

     - American filmmaker and critic
  • Gretel Killeen
    Gretel Killeen
    Gretel Killeen is an Australian journalist and author. Killeen is well known for being the primary host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007 season ....

     - Australian television personality
  • Len Killeen
    Len Killeen
    Len Killeen was a South African former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s.Killeen was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. A goal-kicking three-quarter, he played in England for St Helens, with whom he won the Challenge Cup in 1966...

     - South African rugby league footballer
  • Tony Killeen
    Tony Killeen
    Tony Killeen is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Clare constituency from 1992 to 2011, and also served as Minister of Defence from 2010–11.-Early and personal life:...

     - Irish minister

Other

  • An anglicisation
    Anglicisation
    Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...

     of the Irish word cillín
    Cillín
    A cillín , was a historical unconsecrated burial place in Ireland for children unbaptised at the time of death. Suicides, shipwrecked sailors, strangers, urepentant murderers and their victims were also sometimes buried there—they were used for "infants and other ambiguous categories of individual"...

    , meaning a historical childrens' burial place.
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