Labasheeda | |
Native Name: | Irish: Leaba Shíoda |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Coordinates: | 52.62°N -9.24°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Labasheeda [1] is a village in the parish of Kilmurry McMahon in County Clare, Ireland. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the Shannon estuary.
The village lies in an indentation of the Shannon Estuary.It is in the civil parish of Killofin in the barony of Clonderalaw.[2] Killofin today is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[3] The church of St Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.[4]
In 1841 there were 606 people in 108 houses.
The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is called Shannon Gaels while the local athletics club is called St Marys AC.