| Killaspuglonane | |
| Other Name: | Cill Easpaig Lonáin |
| Settlement Type: | Civil parish |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Munster |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | County Clare |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Coordinates: | 52.9568°N -9.3448°W |
Killaspuglonane (Irish: Cill Easpaig Lonáin) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
Killaspuglonane in the part of the historical barony of Corcomroe.It is northwest of Ennistymon.The parish is 2.75by and covers .The land runs north from the upper part of Liscannor Bay, and is mostly pastoral upland.In 1841 the population was 1,824 in 297 houses. The Catholic parish was united with the chapel of Kilmacrehy.
Killaspuglonane parish contained a ruined church dedicated to Saint Flannán, the first bishop of Killaloe. only a cemetery is left.A holy well dedicated to Saint Flannán is a little to the southwest of the old church.There was a castle in the townland of Tullamore that was the property of Sir Daniel O’Brien, of Dough.
The MacCurtin family, who owned the townlands of Carrowduff in Killaspuglonane and Laghvally in Kilmacrechy, were noted for their scholarship.The Annals of the Four Masters records the deaths of Kelloch MacCurtin, chief historian of Thomond (1376), Gilla Duivin MacCurtin, ollav of Thomond in music (1404), Sencha MacCurtin, ollav of Thomond in history and generally skilled in the arts of poetry and music (1435) and Geanann MacCurtin, intended ollav of Thomond in history (1436).
Townlands are Ballyellery, Ballyfaudeen, Caheraderry, Carrowduff, Curraghadoo, Killaspuglonane, Knocknaraha, Moymore North, Moymore South, Rannagh and Tullamore.
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