Kilconry () is a
civil parish
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of
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, located about northwest of
Limerick
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, west of
Shannon on the estuary of the
River Shannon
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. The main village in the area is
Ballycalla/Ballcally and it contains the
Shannon Golf Club and
Shannon Airport.
Geography
The civil parish of Kilconry lies in the barony of
Bunratty Lower. It is in the southern part of the county and is bordered by
Kilmaleery to the north and
Clonloghan to the east and the River Shannon to the south and west. It is divided into 9
townland
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s:
*Ballycally
*Ballyhennessy
*Carrigerry
*Feenish
*Garrynamona
*Inishmacnaghtan
*Rineanna North
*Rineanna South
*Stonehall
See also
*
List of townlands of County Clare
References
{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare