| Cratloe-Sixmilebridge | |
| Settlement Type: | Roman Catholic parish |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 52.698°N -8.7555°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | County Clare |
| Leader Title1: | Dáil Éireann |
| Leader Name1: | Clare |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Cratloe-Sixmilebridge is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.[1]
As of 2021, parish priest is Richard Keane.[2]
The original name of the parish was Kilfintinan.[3]
The main church of the parish is the Church of St. John in Cratloe, with 1798 mentioned as the start date of the actual building. In later times it was several times enlarged. The church survived a proposal in the late eighties to demolish the church and build a new one. Due to a vocal group of parishioners being against the plan, the barn church was renovated instead.[4]
The second church of the parish is the "Little Church" in Sixmilebridge. This church was built in 1858 as replacement for a thatched church from 1799. The church has never had an official patron saint.[5] It is likely that the name of the church is derived from a simple comparison with the bigger Church of St. Finaghta on the other side of the town that belongs to the parish of Sixmilebridge in the Diocese of Killaloe.