Kilmaleery

Kilmaleery
Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh
Civil parish
Clenagh Castle
Clenagh Castle
Kilmaleery is located in Ireland
Kilmaleery
Kilmaleery
Coordinates: 52°44′00″N 8°56′23″W / 52.733305°N 8.939639°W / 52.733305; -8.939639
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Clare
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Kilmaleery (Irish: Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is part of the Catholic parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Location

The parish lies on the western border of the barony of Bunratty Lower. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Newmarket, County Clare. The parish is 2.75 by 1.75 miles (4.43 by 2.82 km) and covers 2,266 acres (917 ha). It forms part of the eastern seaboard of the River Fergus estuary, and generally is good farmland.[2]

Antiquities and history

The name of the parish implies an ecclesiastical origin, but nothing is known of the patron saint. As of 1897 the church was very dilapidated. There is one holy well, Tobar Mailiaraidh, and a lios or small ringfort called Knockadoon.[3] As of 1837 the parish was part of the Catholic union of Newmarket, and had a chapel at Carrigeary.[4] In 1841 the population was 737 in 104 houses.[2]

There were three castle, very well preserved in 1897. In 1580 Urlan was inhabited by Murtagh MacClancy and Bodavoher was the property of Donagh MacClancy. Clenagh is not mentioned in list of the Castles of Thomond for that year.[3] Clenagh Castle, still almost intact, was a high square tower that was once the residence of the MacMahons.[4]

Townlands

The townlands are Ballinooskny, Ballymacnevin, Breckinish, Carrow, Carrowbane, Clenagh, Islandmacnevin, Kilmaleery, Urlan Beg, Urlan More and Ing.[5]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh, Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ a b Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845.
  3. ^ a b Frost 1897.
  4. ^ a b Lewis 1837.
  5. ^ Map of Kilmaleery Parish showing Townlands.

Sources

  • "Cill Mhaoilfhithrigh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • Frost, James (1897). "Tradraighe. Kilmaleery Parish". The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Kilmaleery". County Clare: A History and Topography. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • "Map of Kilmaleery Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • "Kilmaleery". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845. Retrieved 7 April 2014.