Labasheeda ()
is a village in the
parish
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of
Kilmurry McMahon
Kilmurry McMahon (''Irish: Cill Mhuire Mhic Mhathuna''), also called Kilmurry-Clonderalaw, is a civil parish in County Clare in Ireland. It is also a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Killaloe.
Townlands
Townlands of the civil parish of Kilmur ...
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
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. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the
Shannon estuary.
Location
The village lies in an indentation of the
Shannon Estuary
The Shannon Estuary ( gle, Inbhear na Sionainne) is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick City at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to th ...
.
[
It is in the ]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 authority ...
of Killofin in 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 administrat ...
.
Killofin today is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon
Kilmurry McMahon (''Irish: Cill Mhuire Mhic Mhathuna''), also called Kilmurry-Clonderalaw, is a civil parish in County Clare in Ireland. It is also a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Killaloe.
Townlands
Townlands of the civil parish of Kilmur ...
, 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 ...
.
The church of St Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.[
]
Sports
The local Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
team is called Shannon Gaels while the local athletics club is called St Marys AC.
Notable people
* Dan Furey - dance teacher and fiddler
* Daniel Gallery
Daniel Gallery (April 13, 1859 – November 9, 1920) was a Canadian politician.
Born near Labasheeda, in Slievedooley, County Clare, Ireland, the son of Thomas Gallery and Mary O'Neill. Daniel Gallery moved with his fathers and brothers ...
- alderman Montreal, Liberal MP and Whip Canada
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Clare
Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names
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