Killaloe, County Clare (Civil parish)

Civil parish in Clare, Ireland

Killaloe Cill Dalua
Civil parish
The town of Killaloe
Killaloe
Coordinates: 52°48′26″N 8°26′55″W / 52.807276°N 8.448586°W / 52.807276; -8.448586
Country	Ireland
County	Clare

Killaloe (/ˌkɪlæˈluː/; Irish: Cill Dalua) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the town of Killaloe.

Location

The parish is in the barony of Tulla. It is 20 miles (32 km) from Ennis and 87 miles (140 km) from Dublin. The name is said to be a corrupt form of Kill-da-Lua, and to be derived from the foundation of an abbey by St. Lua or Molua in the 6th century. The town is on the west bank of the Shannon near the falls of Killaloe, about a mile from Lough Derg. In 1837 an old bridge with 19 arches crossed the river at this point. The parish in 1837 covered 13,045 statute acres, most of which were farmed.

History

The town became head of a diocese founded about 639 by Pope John IV. The first bishop was Saint Flannan. Turlogh O’Brien built a bridge over the River Shannon at Killaloe in 1054. Hugh O’Connor destroyed the castle of Killaloe in 1061 and burned the town. It was burned again in 1080 and 1084. Moriertach, King of Ireland was buried in Killaloe in 1120 in a great ceremony. In 1177 the town was the scene of a ceremony in which Raymond Le Gros received the hostages of Roderic, King of Connaught, and O’Brien, Prince of Thomond, who took the oath of fealty to the King of England. The church became a pilgrim destination. Donald, King of Limerick, erected the cathedral in 1160. The town was destroyed in 1367 by Murrogh-na-Ranagh.

In 1831 there were 8,887 inhabitants of the parish, of whom 1,411 lived in the town.

Townlands

Killaloe includes the townlands of Aillemore, Ardcloony, Ballycorney, Ballycuggaran, Ballygarreen, Ballykildea, Ballyvally, Carrowbaun, Carrownakilly, Classagh, Cloonfadda, Coumnagun, Craglea, Creeveroe, Feenlea, Garraunboy, Gortcallyroe, Gortmagy, Killestry, Knockyclovaun, Lackabranner, Lackenbaun, Moys and Shantraud.

References

Citations

Cill Dalua, Placenames Database of Ireland.
^ Lewis 1837.
Map of Killaloe Parish showing Townlands.

Sources

"Cill Dalua". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Killaloe". County Clare: A History and Topography. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
"Map of Killaloe Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

v t e Baronies and civil parishes of County Clare
Barony	Civil parishes
Bunratty Lower	Bunratty Clonloghan Drumline Feenagh Kilconry Kilfinaghta Kilfintinan Killeely (part) Kilmaleery Kilmurry-Negaul Kilnasoolagh St. Munchin's (part) St. Patrick's (part) Tomfinlough
Bunratty Upper	Clooney, Bunratty Upper Doora Inchicronan Kilraghtis Quin Templemaley
Burren	Abbey Carran Drumcreehy Gleninagh Kilcorney Killonaghan Killeany Kilmoon Noughaval Oughtmama Rathborney
Clonderalaw	Kilchreest Kildysart Kilfidane Killimer Killofin Kilmihil Kilmurry McMahon
Corcomroe	Clooney, Corcomroe Kilfenora Killaspuglonane Kiltoraght Kilmanaheen Kilmacrehy Killilagh Kilshanny
Ibrickane	Kilfarboy Killard Kilmurry Ibrickane Kilmacduane (part)
Inchiquin	Dysert Inagh Kilkeedy Kilnaboy Kilnamona Rath Ruan
Islands	Clareabbey Clondagad Drumcliff Killone Kilmaley
Leitrim	Kilbarron Clonrush Inishcaltra
Moyarta	Kilballyowen Kilfearagh (Kilkee) Kilrush Moyarta Kilmacduane (part)
Tulla Lower	Clonlea Killaloe Killokennedy Killuran Kilseily Kiltenanlea O'Brien's Bridge Ogonnelloe
Tulla Upper	Feakle Kilnoe Moynoe Tuamgraney Tulla
* (part) refers to civil parishes which span two different baronies

Category:

Civil parishes of County Clare