Broadford () is a small village in eastern

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

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and a Catholic parish of the same name. The R466 road passes through the village of Broadford between O'Callaghan's Mills and O'Briens Bridge. It is tucked into the Glenomra Valley on the southern slopes of the

Slieve Bearnagh Slieve Bearnagh () is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has a height of . Its summit is crowned by two tors with a gap between them, giving it a distinctive shape. The Mourne Wall crosses the summit of Slieve Bearn ...

Mountains near Doon Lough. The Catholic parish of Broadford is in the

Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ) may refer either to a Roman Catholic or a Church of Ireland (Anglican) diocese, in Ireland. Roman Catholic diocese The Diocese of Killaloe is the second largest Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It comprises the ...

. It originated in the medieval parishes of

Kilseily Kilseily ( ga, Cill tSíle) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Broadford. Location Kilseily lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare. It is to the southwest of Killaloe on the road to En ...

and

Killokennedy Killokennedy ( ga, Cill Ó gCinnéide) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. Location Killokennedy lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare, about west of Killaloe. It is on the road from Killaloe to Ennis. In 1837, as applotted ...

. Part of Killokennedy was amalgamated with Kilseily to form what is now the parish of Broadford. The parish today has three church buildings, which as of 2014 served about 800 parishioners.

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{{Authority control Towns and villages in County Clare Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe

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