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Killimer ()
is a village in
County Clare
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,
Ireland
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, in a
civil parish
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of the same name. It is located on the northern bank of the
Shannon and the
N67 which passes through the village.
Location
The village is the northern port of the Killimer–
Tarbert car ferry service, operated by
Shannon Ferries.
According to the geographer Samuel Lewis the parish counted 3023 inhabitants in 1837. The 2011 census returned 498 inhabitants for Killimer.
The village is in the Killimer and Knockerra parish 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 ...
. Parish churches are St Imy in Killimer and St Senan's in Knockerra.
East of the village is the
Moneypoint
Moneypoint power station () is Ireland's largest electricity generation station (with an output 915 MW) and its only coal-fired power station. Commissioned between 1985 and 1987, it is located on the River Shannon, near Kilrush in County Cla ...
coal-fired electricity generating station.
GAA
Killimer GAA returned to competitive action at senior level in 2012. Due to a declining population Killimer had not enough players to field a senior team in the period 2008-2012. Most players had been playing with
Shannon Gaels or
Kilrush Shams in those years. Killimers only
Clare Senior Football Championship triumph was in 1896.
Notable people
*
Íomar Fir Bolg
Íomar Fir Bolg () was an early Irish Saint.
Writing on 5 November 1838, John O'Donovan reported that his field work for the Ordnance Survey had brought him to the parish of Killimer-Bologue, which was ''"according to tradition ... the princi ...
, saint from the fifth or sixth century.
*
Pecker Dunne, musician.
External links
Shannon Ferries
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Towns and villages in County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare
Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe