Kilconry ( ga, Cill Chomhraí) is a
civil parish
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of
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 ...
,
Ireland
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, located about northwest of
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
, west of
Shannon on the estuary of the
River Shannon
The River Shannon ( ga, Abhainn na Sionainne, ', '), at in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of , – approximately one fifth of the area of the island of Ireland.
The Shan ...
. The main village in the area is
Ballycalla/Ballcally and it contains the
Shannon Golf Course and
Shannon Airport
Shannon Airport ( ga, Aerfort na Sionainne) is an international airport located in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland. It is adjacent to the Shannon Estuary and lies halfway between Ennis and Limerick. The airport is the third busiest ai ...
.
Geography
The civil parish of Kilconry lies in the barony of
. It is in the southern part of the county and is bordered by
Kilmaleery
Kilmaleery ( ga, Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is part of the Catholic parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus.
Location
The parish lies on the western border of the barony of Bunratty Lower. It is southwest of N ...
to the north and
Clonloghan
Clonloghan ( ga, Cluain Lócháin) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located by road northwest of Limerick, just north of Shannon.
Geography
The civil parish of Clonloghan lies in the barony of Bunratty Lower.
It is in the southern ...
to the east and the River Shannon to the south and west. It is divided into 9
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
s:
*Ballycally
*Ballyhennessy
*Carrigerry
*Feenish
*Garrynamona
*Inishmacnaghtan
*Rineanna North
*Rineanna South
*Stonehall
See also
*
References
{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare