Kilfarboy | |
Settlement Type: | Catholic parish |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | County Clare |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Coordinates: | 52.8548027777778 -0.00138611111111111 |
Kilfarboy, or Milltown Malbay is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Críocha Callan grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[1]
As of 2022, the co-parish priest is Donagh O'Meara.[2]
There are two churches in the parish.
The main church is the Church of St. Joseph in Milltown Malbay. It was built in 1839-1840. It was finished in 1863 when the tower and spire were added. The church replaced an older thatched chapel that was. De site was donated by the landlord Fitzgerald after the landlord Moroney, who owned the townlands of Milltown Malbay, refused a site.[3]
The second church of the parish is the St. Mary's Chapel in Moy. This rectangular chapel was built in 1872. Just as with the church in Milltown Malbay, the site was donated by landlord Fitzgerald.[4]