Killanena () is a

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 ...

and formerly a

district electoral division An electoral division (ED, ) is a legally defined administrative area in the Republic of Ireland, generally comprising multiple townlands, and formerly a subdivision of urban and rural districts. Until 1996, EDs were known as district electora ...

(DED) 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 118,817 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, in the Catholic parish of Killanena.

Location

Killanena lies beside Lough Graney, which covers about . At it is the largest lake in East Clare after Lough Derg. The lake is well known for its coarse fishery, with pike, perch, bream, rudd and eel. The lake is the home or resting place for water-fowl and wading birds that include

whooper swan The whooper swan ( /ˈhuːpə(ɹ) swɒn/) (''Cygnus cygnus''), also known as the common swan, pronounced ''hooper swan'', is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type specie ...

great crested grebe The great crested grebe (''Podiceps cristatus'') is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display. Taxonomy The great crested grebe was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in t ...

grey heron The grey heron (''Ardea cinerea'') is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern ...

and

greater white-fronted goose The greater white-fronted goose (''Anser albifrons'') is a species of goose related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (''A. erythropus''). It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill, in fact ''albifrons ...

. The village of Flagmount overlooks the lake. It is called ''Leacain an Éadain'' in Irish, or "the slope of the (hill)brow". The poet Brian Merriman was a local hedge-school master. There is a commemorative stone to him at Bunshoon Bridge between Flagmount and Caher.

Townlands

As of 1901 the Killanena DED included the townlands of Acres, Corbehagh, Derreendooagh, Derrycarran, Derryfadda, Derrynaveagh, Dooglaun, Doorus East, Doorus West, Gortaveha, Gortnamuinga, Islandmore, Killanena, Knockanena, Knockatunna, Knocknageeha, Knocknahannee, Lannaght, Pollaghanumera, Reanahumana, Scalp and Spaightspark.

Parish

A 1942 description of the parish of Killanena placed it in the Tulla barony adjoined the parish of

Feakle Feakle (historically ''Feakell'' and ''Fiakil'', from ) is a village in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, in the Feakle (parish), Roman Catholic parish of the same name. Location "Paroiste na fiacaile" means parish of the tooth. A lege ...

and about from

Gort Gort ( or ) is a town of around 3,000 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 and R460 regional roads, wh ...

. There was no village, but about four shops. Although it did not have electricity, gas or public water or sewage supply at the time, it had plentiful fine wells. The parish of Killanena 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 S ...

. There are two parish churches, St Mary's in Flagmount and St Mary's in Killanena.

References

{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe Townlands of County Clare Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe