Kilmurry Ibrickane (Catholic parish) explained

Kilmurry Ibrickane
Other Name:Mullagh (Kilmurry Ibrickane)
Settlement Type:Roman Catholic parish
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
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
Leader Title1:Dáil Éireann
Leader Name1:Clare
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:34.32
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Kilmurry Ibrickane (Irish: Cill Mhuire Uí Bhreacáin), also known as Mullagh (Kilmurry Ibrickane), is a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe that is located in west County Clare, Ireland.[1] A civil parish of the same name also exists which is part of the historic barony of Ibrickane. The parish derives its name from the tiny settlement of Kilmurry in Ibrickane, the location of the church before Cromwellian times.[2]

The main settlements in the parish are Mullagh, Coore and Quilty. The GAA club, Kilmurry Ibrickane GAA, is centred on the parish.[3]

History

It is unknown when the parish came into existence. For a long period it was ministered together with the parish of Kilfarboy (Milltown Malbay).[4] The "Register of Priests" in 1704 mentioned Fr. Teige and Fr. Francis Shannon as priests in respectively Kilfarboy and Kilmurry Ibrickane, but according to Ó Murchadha, there is little doubt that they in fact acted as priest and curate for both parishes.[5]

In the 1830s, the population of the combined parishes had risen to about 20,000 people, so a split became necessary. The priest and his curate, the brothers Anthony and Patrick McGuane, built two identical church buildings in Milltown Malbay and Mullagh. The Night of the Big Wind prevented completion of the church in Mullagh. The planned tower and spire were never built. When Fr. Anthony McGuane died in 1839, his brother Fr. Patrick became the first parish priest of Kilfarboy. Their cousin, Fr. Edmund Barry, became the first parish priest of Kilmurry Ibrickane.[6]

Fr. Thomas Moloney, then curate at Kilmurry Ibrickane, was a supporter of the Young Ireland movement. During the Great Famine he worked tirelessly to get the word out of the disaster happening in Ireland, through newspapers and political contacts.[7]

Parishes

In 1837, there were also a Church of Ireland parish and a civil parish of the same name.[8] [9]

Under the Civil Registration Act 2004, the records kept by the parish about baptisms, marriages and deaths, are official records. This makes the parish part of the Civil Registration Service.[10]

Churches

List of parish priests

Notes and References

  1. http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=kilmurry&streets=yes&listText=&filterParent=100009&filterType= Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/antiquities_mm/kilmurry_ibrickan_church.htm Kilmurry Ibrickane Church
  3. Web site: Club Executive for 2012 Adult Management Teams . 26 May 2012 . 13 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113010109/http://www.kilmurryibrickane.gaa.ie/committees . dead .
  4. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/kilmurry_ibrickane1845.htm Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland 1845
  5. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 180.
  6. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 180.
  7. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 182.
  8. Book: Lewis, Samuel. 1837. County Clare, A History and Topography. Ennis. CLASP Press. 1-900545-00-4. reissue 1995, pg. 37
  9. The civil parish was replaced as an administrative unit by the Poor Law Union with the "Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898". Book: Mitchell, Brian. 1986. A new genealogical atlas of Ireland. Baltimore, USA. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.. 0-8063-1152-5. pg. 6
  10. http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2004/a304.pdf Civil Registration Act 2004
  11. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 180.
  12. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 181.
  13. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 181–182.
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113020728/http://clare.fm/news/clerical-changes-clare-parishes Clerical changes in Clare parishes
  15. Book: Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. 2008. Booklink. 75.
  16. http://www.clare.fm/featured-2/widespread-changes-line-clergy-killaloe-diocese/ Widespread Changes In Line Up of Clergy In Killaloe Diocese

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