Cooraclare, also known as Kilmacduane, is a parish 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, 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
Cree
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. This church was built in 1828 and predates the main church by several years.
See also
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Kilmacduane
Kilmacduane () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
It contains the villages of Cooraclare and Cree.
Location
The civil parish of Kilmacduane is in the barony of Moyarta.
It is northeast of Kilrush on the road to Miltown-Malbay.
In ...
, civil parish
References
Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe
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