Killaspuglonane ( ga, Cill Easpaig Lonáin) 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 ...

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 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 ...

Location

Killaspuglonane in the part of the historical barony of Corcomroe. It is northwest of

Ennistymon Ennistymon or Ennistimon () is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Ireland. The River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. A bridge across the river leads ...

. The parish is and covers . The land runs north from the upper part of

Liscannor Bay Liscannor Bay is a bay on the west coast of Ireland in County Clare. Hag's Head provides the northern border for the bay and Cream Point is the southern boundary. The village of Liscannor is located on the north side of the bay, while the villa ...

, and is mostly pastoral upland. In 1841 the population was 1,824 in 297 houses. The Catholic parish was united with the chapel of

Kilmacrehy Kilmacrehy, sometimes also Kilmacreehy, ( ga, Cill Mhic Creiche) is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The ruins of the old parish church lie near the coastal village of Liscannor, which is ...

Antiquities

Killaspuglonane parish contained a ruined church dedicated to Saint

Flannán Flannán mac Toirrdelbaig ( la, Flannanus; ) was an Irish saint who lived in the 7th century and was the son of an Irish chieftain, Toirdhealbhach of Dál gCais. He entered Mo Lua's monastery at Killaloe, where it is believed he became an Ab ...

, the first bishop of Killaloe. only a cemetery is left. A holy well dedicated to Saint Flannán is a little to the southwest of the old church. There was a castle in the townland of Tullamore that was the property of Sir Daniel O’Brien, of Dough. The MacCurtin family, who owned the townlands of Carrowduff in Killaspuglonane and Laghvally in Kilmacrechy, were noted for their scholarship. The Annals of the Four Masters records the deaths of Kelloch MacCurtin, chief historian of Thomond (1376), Gilla Duivin MacCurtin,

ollav An or ollamh (; anglicised as ollave or ollav), plural ollomain, in early Irish literature, is a member of the highest rank of filí. The term is used to refer to the highest member of any group; thus an ''ollam brithem'' would be the highest ...

Thomond Thomond (Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nena ...

in music (1404), Sencha MacCurtin, ollav of Thomond in history and generally skilled in the arts of poetry and music (1435) and Geanann MacCurtin, intended ollav of Thomond in history (1436).

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 Ballyellery, Ballyfaudeen, Caheraderry, Carrowduff, Curraghadoo, Killaspuglonane, Knocknaraha, Moymore North, Moymore South, Rannagh and Tullamore.

References

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