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]