Coolmeen | |
Settlement Type: | Parish |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Coordinates: | 52.6499°N -9.2157°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clare |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coolmeen (Irish: Cúil Mhín[1]), formerly called Kilfiddane (Irish: Cill Fheadáin[2]), is a Roman Catholic parish in County Clare, Ireland.
The parish lies in the southeast of the barony of Clonderalaw. It is southwest of Kildysart.The parish is 7by and covers . It extends from the River Fergus estuary westward along the Shannon Estuary and north to the head of Clonderlaw bay. The road from Ennis to Kilrush runs through the parish.The name Coolmeen comes from the Irish Cúil mhín meaning 'flat hillock'.
The original name of the parish, Kilfidane, is derived from a streamlet called Feadán in Irish. It runs near where the old church stood.There is a well dedicated to St Senán about south of the church.
The parish of Coolmeen is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The parish has two churches, St Benedict's in Coolmeen and St Mary's in Cranny.[3]