Cooraclare, also known as Kilmacduane, is a parish in

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, Ireland, and part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Ss Peter a ...

. As of 2021, the co-parish priest was Anthony Casey. The main church of the parish is the St. Senan's Church in

Cooraclare Cooraclare () is a village near Kilrush, in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and a Cooraclare (parish), Catholic parish by the same name. Location The village of Cooraclare is in the parish of Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) in the Roman Cat ...

, completed in 1836. This is a cruciform church. It was built in the time that the parish was still united with Kilmihil. Stones from the mediaeval church in Kilmacduane were used for this building. The second church of the parish is the St. Mary's Church at

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. This church was built in 1828 and predates the main church by several years. file:St Marys church, Creegh (geograph 4946595).jpg, St. Mary's Church, Cree File:Kilmacduan church - Thomas Johnson Westropp 1903.jpg, Drawing from mediaeval church of Kilmacduane

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Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe {{Europe-RC-church-stub

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