Broadford () is a small village in eastern

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

, Ireland and a Catholic parish of the same name. As of the 2022 census, the village population was 294. The hamlet was immortalised by

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in the instrumental 'The Trip to Broadford.' This reflects the cultural importance of

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in County Clare, though the village itself is not especially notable for its contribution to the nation's musical heritage. The R466 road passes through the village of Broadford between O'Callaghan's Mills and O'Briens Bridge. Broadford is in the Glenomra Valley on the southern slopes of the Slieve Bearnagh Mountains near Doon Lough. The Catholic parish of Broadford is in the Diocese of Killaloe. It originated in the medieval parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy. 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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