Coolmeen ( ga, Cúil Mhín), formerly called Kilfiddane ( ga, Cill Fheadáin), is a Roman Catholic parish in

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 118,81 ...

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Location

The parish lies in the southeast of the barony of

Clonderalaw Clonderalaw is an historical barony in County Clare, Ireland. Baronies are geographical divisions of land that are in turn is divided into civil parishes. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as administra ...

. It is southwest of

Kildysart Kildysart, officially Killadysert (), is a village in County Clare, Ireland and a civil and Roman Catholic parish by the same name that surrounds the village. Location The parish lies on the east border of the barony of Clonderalaw. It is and ...

. The parish is and covers . It extends from the River Fergus estuary westward along the Shannon Estuary and north to the head of Clonderlaw bay. The road from Ennis to Kilrush runs through the parish. The original name of the parish, Kilfidane, is derived from a streamlet called ''Feadán'' in Irish. It runs near where the old church stood. There is a well dedicated to St. Senán about south of the church.

Facilities

The parish of Coolmeen is in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ; ga, Deoise Chill Dalua) is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of ...

. The parish has two churches, St Benedict's in Coolmeen and St Mary's in Cranny.

References

{{Baronies and civil parishes of County Clare Towns and villages in County Clare Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe