Lissycasey () is a village 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 ...
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Ireland
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. It forms one half of the parish of Clondegad-Kilchrist. The village straddles the
N68 Ennis
Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...
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Kilrush
Kilrush () is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. ...
road for some 3.5 km. The area stretches east–west from Caherea to Crown and north–south from Frure North to Cloncolman. Lissycasey were Clare county champions in football in 2007 and won the Cusack Cup that year.
The Roman Catholic parish of
Ballynacally
Ballynacally () is a village and townland situated southwest of Ennis, on the R473 coast road to Kilrush in the civil parish of Kilchreest, County Clare, Ireland. It lies near the bank of the River Shannon.
History
Ballynacally derives fr ...
(Clondegad) encompasses Ballynacally, Lissycasey and Ballycorick, and is part of the
Diocese of Killaloe
The Diocese of Killaloe ( ) may refer either to a Roman Catholic or a Church of Ireland (Anglican) diocese, in Ireland.
Roman Catholic diocese
The Diocese of Killaloe is the second largest Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland.
It comprises the ...
Sword of O'Neill
In 1881, foreign publications reported that two men digging a drain near Lissycasey discovered an iron clasped chest laying on which was a large sword engraved with the name ''O'Neill''. The men assumed it to be a coffin and reported the discovery to the police. The box was opened by the police and found it was full of gold coins of an ancient date.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
External links
Lissycasey GAA Club
Towns and villages in County Clare
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