Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny Explained

Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny
Settlement Type:Roman Catholic parish
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:53.0303°N -9.2894°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

Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny parish is a parish in County Clare and part of the Kilfenora Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. The parishes Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny amalgamated in the 1980s.[1]

Current (2021) parish priest is Robert McNamara.[2]

The parish is an amalgamation of the mediaeval parishes of Kilmoon, Killeany, Killilagh and Owghtory.[3]

The main church of the parish is the Church of Corpus Christi in Lisdoonvarna, built in 1868.[4] The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Augustine in Kilshanny. This church was blessed in 1894 by bishop Francis McCormack. This is a descendant of the earlier abbey by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine founded in 1189.[5] Third church is the Church of our Lady of Lourdes in Toovaghera. This church is built in 1878.[6] The coastal village Doolin has a church built in 1821 named the Church of the Holy Rosary.[6]

References

  1. Book: O'Dowd, Peadar. 2010. The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History . Booklink. 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 204
  2. Web site: Lisdoonvarna & Kilshanny . Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
  3. Book: O'Dowd, Peadar. 2010. The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History . Booklink. 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203
  4. Book: O'Dowd, Peadar. 2010. The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History . Booklink. 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 205
  5. Book: O'Dowd, Peadar. 2010. The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History . Booklink. 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 204, 206
  6. Book: O'Dowd, Peadar. 2010. The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History . Booklink. 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 207