Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny

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Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny
Roman Catholic parish
Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny is located in Ireland
Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny
Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°01′49″N 9°17′22″W / 53.0303°N 9.2894°W / 53.0303; -9.2894Coordinates: 53°01′49″N 9°17′22″W / 53.0303°N 9.2894°W / 53.0303; -9.2894
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Clare
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannClare
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny parish is a parish in County Clare and part of the Kilfenora Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. The parishes Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny amalgamated in the 1980s.[1]

Current (2021) parish priest is Robert McNamara.[2]

The parish is an amalgamation of the mediaeval parishes of Kilmoon, Killeany, Killilagh and Owghtory.[3]

The main church of the parish is the Church of Corpus Christi in Lisdoonvarna, built in 1868.[4] The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Augustine in Kilshanny. This church was blessed in 1894 by bishop Francis McCormack. This is a descendant of the earlier abbey by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine founded in 1189.[5] Third church is the Church of our Lady of Lourdes in . This church is built in 1878.[6] The coastal village Doolin has a church built in 1821 named the Church of the Holy Rosary.[6]

  • Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna

  • Altar Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna. Note the railing, removed in most churches.

  • St. Augustine's Church, Kilshanny

  • Church of the Holy Rosary, Doolin

  • Main entrance of the Church of the Holy Rosary in Doolin. Note the stonework around the door, showing that the church is way older than its modern looks

  • Church of our Lady of Lourdes, Toovaghera

  • Kilmoon Church (left, in ruin) and graveyard

  • The ruin of Killiagh Church in Doolin

  • The north wall of the ruin of the Abbey near Kilshanny

  • The east wall (inside) of Kilshanny Abbey

References[]

  1. ^ O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 204
  2. ^ "Lisdoonvarna & Kilshanny". Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
  3. ^ O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203
  4. ^ O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 205
  5. ^ O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 204, 206
  6. ^ a b O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 207


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