Kiltoraght () 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
County Clare
County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...
, Ireland. It is just south of
Kilfenora and is part of Catholic parish of
St. Fachanan.
Location
The parish is in the barony of
Corcomroe, and is southeast of
Kilfenora. It is and covers . The land is mostly suitable for farming, either tillage or rich pasture. Lough Fergus lies on the western boundary of the parish. The main hamlet in 1845 was Knockeighra.
Antiquities and History
The name of the patron saint of the parish is not found in the Irish Martyrologies. The old church in the townland of Knockroe is completely ruined. In 1580 there were two castles in the parish, at Inchovea and Kilmore, both the property of Teige MacMurrogh O’Brien.
The main antiquities surviving in 1845 were Knockaunacurra fort and the ruin of Inchovea castle.
The population in 1841 was 1,074 in 163 houses. In 1845 the parish was united with the Catholic parish of
Clooney. Kiltoraght today is part of Catholic parish of
St. Fachanan in the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Roma ...
. It is served by the church of Saint Attracta, Kiltoraght.
Townlands
Townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
s are Ballynacarhagh, Derrynaheilla, Drumeevin, Kilmore North, Kilmore South, Knockaneden, Knockroe and Toormore.
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{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare