Killuran ( ga, Cill Úráin) 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 ...

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. It contains the village of O'Callaghans Mills. It is united with the civil parish of

Kilkishen Kilkishen () is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The village is east of Quin and north of Shannon. Demographics According to a report by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Kilkishen had a population of 519. At the 2006 Census the population ...

in the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills.

Location

The parish is 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 ...

, and is north of

Broadford, County Clare Broadford () is a small village in eastern County Clare, Ireland and a Catholic parish of the same name. The R466 road passes through the village of Broadford between O'Callaghan's Mills and O'Briens Bridge. It is tucked into the Glenomra Val ...

. It is and covers . The parish is hilly. Lough Doon lies on the southwest boundary. The rivulet of Ougarnee forms the west border. There is some mountain pasture and bog but most of the land is suitable for farming. The parish contains the village of O'Callaghans Mills. The road from Killaloe to Ennis crosses the southwest of the parish, running through O'Callaghans Mills. In 1841 the population was 3,058 in 480 houses. Of these, 2,727 lived in the rural districts in 422 houses. As of 1845 the parish was united to

Antiquities

In ''MacNamara’s Rental'' the name of the parish is given as ''Cill Lobhrain'', meaning the church of Saint Uran. There are no records of this saint. The old church is almost completely destroyed apart a fragment of the south wall. It is surrounded by a large graveyard. In 1837 there were ruins of ancient castles at Monegona, Tierovane and on the shore of the lake of Doon. The owner of Moanogeenagh in 1580 was Sioda MacRory MacNamara. The castle had been almost completely destroyed by 1897. The owner of Teerovannan in 1580 was Donald Reagh MacNamara. In 1897 this castle was almost at its original height, but the facing of its doors and windows was gone.

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 Ballymacdonnell, Ballynabrone, Cappalea, Claremount, Clooncool, Coolnahella, Doon, Doorus, Drimmeen, Drimmeennagun, Drummin, Elmhill, Foxandgeese, Gortatrassa, Iragh, Keelderry, Killavoy, Killuran, Killuran Beg, Killuran More, Loughborough, Moanogeenagh, Newtown, Rosneillan, Silvergrove, Teerovannan, Tooreen and Violethill.

References

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