Kilseily ( ga, Cill tSíle) is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
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 ...
, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of
Broadford.
Location
Kilseily lies in the barony of
Tulla Lower
Tulla Lower (or Tullagh Lower) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into eight civil parishes.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions ...
, County Clare. It is to the southwest of
Killaloe on the road to
Ennis.
As of 1837 it had as applotted under the tithe act.
Some of the land was suitable for cultivation while the rest was mountain pasture or bog.
The parish had slate quarries.
Lough Doon is on the northwest boundary.
The parish contains the town of Broadford.
It is , covering a total of .
In 1841 it had 4,153 people in 662 houses.
History
Clonlea, Kilseily and part of
O'Brien's Bridge (Trúgh) used to comprise the district of Ui Floinn, the land of the O'Flynns. This sept is little known, but there is a mention in MacGrath's ''Wars of Thormond'' of the battle of Magh Duine around 953 in which Lachtna, uncle of
Brian Boroimhe, slew three of the O'Flynns.
Part of
Killokennedy
Killokennedy ( ga, Cill Ó gCinnéide) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
Location
Killokennedy lies in the barony of Tulla Lower, County Clare, about west of Killaloe.
It is on the road from Killaloe to Ennis.
In 1837, as applotted ...
was amalgamated with Kilseily to form what is now the parish of Broadford 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 ...
.
Townlands
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 orig ...
s are Ahaclare, Ardskeagh, Ballykelly, Cloonsheerea, Cloontra, Cloontra East, Cloontra West, Coolagh, Crag, Derryvinnaan, Derry, Doon, Drummin, Drumminakela, Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Parker), Gortacullin, Gortnaglogh, Gortnagonnella, Hurdleston, Killaderry (Massy), Killaderry (O'Brien), Kilmoculla, Kilseily, Knockshanvo, Kyle, Meanagh, Mountrice, O'Shea's Acres, Snaty (Cooper), Snaty (Massy), Snaty (Wilson), Violethill and Woodfield.
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{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare