Kilfinaghta () is a
civil parish
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of
County Clare
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, Ireland, located to the east of
Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge () is a large village in County Clare, Ireland. Located midway between Ennis and Limerick city, the village is a short distance away from the main N18 road (Ireland), N18 roads in Ireland, road. Locally, it is commonly called 'the ...
and northeast of
Shannon.
Geography
The civil parish of Kilfinaghta lies in the barony of
Bunratty Lower
Bunratty Lower () is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient unit of land division is in turn divided into fourteen civil parishes.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and we ...
. It is in the southeastern part of the county and is bordered by
Clonlea
Clonlea or Clonleigh () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement is the village of Kilkishen. It is part of the Catholic parish of O'Callaghans Mills.
Location
Clonlea is in the barony of Tullagh. It is to the north of ...
to the northeast,
O'Brien's Bridge
O'Brien's Bridge or O'Briensbridge () is a village in east County Clare, Ireland, on the west bank of the River Shannon, in a civil parish of the same name. It is named for the bridge across the Shannon at that point, built by Turlough O'Brien ...
to the east,
St. Munchin's to the southeast,
Killeely
Killeely () is a civil parish that lies partly in County Clare and partly in County Limerick in Ireland.
Location
Part of the parish lies within the north liberties of the city of Limerick, but most lies in the barony of Bunratty Lower of Cou ...
to the southeast,
Kilfintinan
Kilfintinan () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.
It is part of the Catholic parish of Cratloe.
Name
The name ''Cill Fintinan'' would mean "Church of Fintinan", but there is no known Irish Saint Fintinan. The name is therefore thought t ...
to the south,
Feenagh to the southwest and
Kilmurry to the northwest. It is divided into 31
townland
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s:
*Ardmaclancy
*Ballycullen
*Ballymulcashel
*Ballynevan
*Ballyroe
*Ballysheen Beg
*Ballysheen More
*Bunnabinnia North
*Bunnabinnia South
*Cappaghcastle
*Cappaghlodge
*Cappagh North
*Cappagh South
*Cappanalaght
*Castlecrine
*Castlelake
*Cloonanass
*Clogga
*Coolycasey
*Corlea
*Curraghkilleen
*Fortwilliam
*Ieverstown
*Kilnacreagh
*Moygalla
*Mountcashel
*Mountievers
*Pollagh
*Reaskcamoge
*Sooreeny
*Sixmilebridge
References
{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare