Kilballyowen ( ga, Cill Bhaile Eoghain) is the name of both a

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and a townland within that parish in

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, Ireland. The name is also occasionally used for the slightly larger Catholic parish of Cross. Kilballowen parish is located at the end of the

Loop Head Loop Head (), is a headland on the north side of the mouth of the River Shannon, in County Clare in the west of Ireland. Loop Head is marked by a prominent lighthouse. The opposite headland on the south side of the Shannon is Kerry Head. The ...

Peninsula which extends into the

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to the north of the Shannon Estuary. The parish contains the villages of

Cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

and

Kilbaha Kilbaha () is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located close to the western end of the Loop Head peninsula on the R487 road. History According to ''Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845'' the village had a population ...

. On the first edition Ordnance Survey of Ireland map of 1840, other settlements in the parish such as Ross, Trusklieve and Tullig were marked as villages, but depopulation during and after the Great Famine have rendered these settlements relatively insignificant today.

Location

The parish is part of the historical barony of

Moyarta Moyarta ( ga, Maigh Fhearta) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the Loop Head peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Shannon Estuary. The parish contains the villages of Carrigaholt and Doonaha. Location The parish o ...

. It is and covers . It has a land border with only one parish - the eponymous

of the same barony. Kilballyowen is west of Kilrush. Cliffs rise to at a point to the west of Rinevella bay. As of 1845 the parish held the ruins of a church and a friary. The old castle of Cloghaunsavaun (sometimes spelled Clehansevan) was blown down by a violent storm in 1802. In 1580 the castle of Cloghaunsavaun belonged to Turlogh MacMahon of Carrigaholt.

Townlands

Townlands in the civil parish are Cloghaunbeg, Cloghaunsavaun, Cross, Feeard, Fodry, Kilbaha North, Kilbaha South, Kilballyowen, Kilcloher, Kiltrellig, Lissalougha, Moneen, Oughterard, Quilty, Rehy East, Rehy West, Ross, Tullig and Trusklieve.

Villages

village is inland, between Loophead and Kilkee and from Carrigaholt. Cross is home of the local

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(GAA) club. The GAA football club of Naomh Eoin was founded on 6 January 1974. It is based at Pairc Eoin. The village of

is on Kilbaha Bay, another small fishing village.

Catholic parish

The village of Cross gives its name to the Catholic parish of Cross 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 ...

. The parish churches are Our Lady of Lourdes in Cross and St. John the Baptist in Kilbaha, also known as the Church of the Little Ark. There are two holy wells in the parish, Tobar Cuain at Kiltrellig, and Tobar Senán at Kilcloher.

References

{{Civil parishes of County Clare Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe Civil parishes of County Clare