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Kilmacduane Cill Mhic an Duáin
Civil parish
Kilmacduan church in 1903 (with the east and south windows)
KilmacduaneLocation in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°42′15″N 9°25′04″W / 52.704247°N 9.417699°W / 52.704247; -9.417699
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Kilmacduane (Irish: Cill Mhic an Duáin) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the villages of Cooraclare and Cree.

Location

The civil parish of Kilmacduane is in the barony of Moyarta. It is 5.75 miles (9.25 km) northeast of Kilrush on the road to Miltown-Malbay. In 1837 the parish held 9735 statute acres as applotted under the tithe act, much of it being hilly pasture and bog. The civil parish contains the village of Cooraclare.

In 1837 the parish was part of the Church of Ireland union of Kilmurry-Clonderlaw. It was part of the Catholic union of Kilmihil, with chapels at Cooreclare and Creegh. In 1848 the Catholic parish of Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) was once again separated from Kilmihil.

Former church

Kilmacduane means "church of the son of Duain". "Kilmadayn" is recorded in the Papal Taxation in 1302. In 1903 the ruined church of Kilmacduan was still standing. The ruined church was built in the 11th or early 12th century, and was remodeled or perhaps rebuilt around 1480 at a time when churches were being restored across Limerick and Clare. The church is on a small hillock in a green valley overlooking a stream. The coign stones at the churches angles have been removed, and it is said they were used for the Cooraclare chapel.

Townlands

The parish contains the townlands of Acres, Alva, Aughagarna, Ballynagun East, Ballynagun West, Brisla East, Brisla West, Caheraghacullin, Caherfeenick North, Caherfeenick South, Carrow, Cloghaun Beg East, Cloghaun Beg West, Cloghaun More East, Cloghaun More West, Clooncullin, Clooneenagh, Cloonreddan, Cloonwhite North, Cloonwhite South, Creegh North, Creegh South, Dangananella East, Dangananella West, Drumellihy Cunningham, Drumellihy Mac Donnell, Drumellihy Westby, Drumellihy Westropp, Garraunnatooha, Gower North, Gower South, Kilmacduane East, Kilmacduane West, Teernagloghane, Tullabrack East and Tullabrack West.

References

Citations

1. Kilmacduane, Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. Subunits, Placenames Database of Ireland.
3. ^ Lewis 1837.
4. ^ Cooraclare (Kilmacduane).
5. Westropp, pp. 247–256.
6. Map of Kilmacduane Parish showing Townlands.

Sources

• "Cooraclare (Kilmacduane)". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
• "Kilmacduane". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
• "Sub-units of: Cill Mhic an Duáin/Kilmacduane". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
• Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Kilmacduane". County Clare: A History and Topography. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
• "Map of Kilmacduane Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
• Westropp, Thomas Johnson. "Antiquities Near Miltown Malbay: Kilmacduan Church". Clare County Library. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

• Civil parishes of County Clare