Killaloe is a parish in

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and part of the Scáth na Sionnaine grouping of parishes within 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 S ...

. , the co-parish priest is James Grace. The main church of the parish is the Church of St. Flannan in Killaloe, built in 1836-1838 on lands donated by the

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Stephen Sandes. The church replaced an earlier chapel. The church grounds contains the Oratory of St. Lua that was moved there because of the impending flooding of its original location Friars Island due to the

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. The second church of the parish is the Church of the Sacred Heart and St. Lua in Garranboy. This church was built in 1909, replacing a chapel built in 1812. The third church is the St. Thomas Church in

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. This church was built in 1832 and was nearly completely rebuilt during the renovations in 1970.

Gallery

File:Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe - outside.jpg, Church of St. Flannan File:Church of St. Flannan, Killaloe - altar.jpg, Altar of the Church of St. Flannan File:Oratory of St. Lua, Killaloe.jpg, Oratory of St. Lua

References

Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe {{Catholic-Church-stub