Kilfarboy () is a civil parish in

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, Ireland. There is also a

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with the same name.Placenames Database of Ireland
-Kilfarboy civil parish The largest population centre in the parish is

Milltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point, County Clare, Spanish Point. The population was 921 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Name There is a townland on the souther ...

Civil parish

The parish is part of the historic

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of Ibrickane. It is and covers . Cliffs extend along the coastline, which includes the headland of Spanish Point. The land rises in the east to the summit of

Slievecallan Slievecallan or Slieve Callan (), also historically called 'Mount Callan', is a mountain with a height of in west County Clare, Ireland. It is the third highest mountain in the county. There is a small lake and two megalithic tombs on the south ...

. The main settlement is the town of Milltown Malbay.

History

The parish was once called Kilfobrick after a monastery with that name founded in 741. Cormac, who died in 837, is said to have been bishop. No traces are left of the monastery. A large sepulchral stone was found around 1784 at Loughnamina, on Mount Callan. It has an inscription in

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script, which was well-preserved when the stone was discovered, commemorating the death of the chief Conan. Part of the

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was wrecked on the coast on the place since called "Spanish Point". There is the ruin of a castle at Freagh and several ancient forts. The parish contains the ruins of Moy castle. The population in 1841 was 7,498 in 1,166 houses.

Townlands

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s are Aillbrack, Ballynew, Ballyvaskin North, Ballyvaskin South, Breaffy North, Breaffy South, Caherogan, Carrowkeel, Cloghaun Beg, Cloghaun More, Cloonbony, Clooneyogan North, Clooneyogan South, Dough, Drumbaun, Drummin, Fintra Beg, Fintra More, Freaghcastle, Freaghavaleen, Glendine North, Glendine South, Illaun, Illaunbaun, Kilcorcoran, Kildeema North, Kildeema South, Kilfarboy, Knockbrack, Lackamore, Leagard North, Leagard South, Leeds, Moy Beg, Moy More, Poulawillin, Silverhill, Slievenalicka, Toor and Tooreen.

Catholic parish

References

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