Kilmoon () is a
civil parish
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of
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
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, north of
Ennistymon
Ennistymon or Ennistimon () is a country market town in County Clare, near the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Inagh River, River Inagh, with its small rapids known as the Cascades, runs through the town, behind the main street. ...
.
The parish contains the town of
Lisdoonvarna.
History
The parish was listed as "Kilmugoun" in the Papal taxation of 1302. There is a Romanesque standing stone in the area on the site of a ruined church, St Mogua.
Kilmoon fell under the
poor law union
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Poor law unions existed in England and Wales from 1834 to 1930 for the administration of poor relief. Prior to the Poor Law Amendment ...
of Ennistymon in the
barony of Burren, and ecclesiastically belonged to the
Diocese of Kilfenora in the
Province of Cashel as of 1810.
Geography
The civil parish of Kilmoon is in the northwestern part of the county and is bordered by
Rathborney to the northeast,
Killeany to the east,
Kilfenora to the southeast,
Killilagh to the southwest, and
Killonaghan to the northwest. It is divided into 22
townland
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s, including Kilmoon East (319 acres), Kilmoon West (372 acres), Knockaskeheen (457 acres),
and Caherbarnagh (183 acres).
Antiquities
The townland of Cahercloggaun contains a cashel (ringfort) and Cahercloggaun Castle. The latter is a ruined 15th-century castle originally owned by the
O'Loghlens and built in the southern corner of the ringfort. The property is mentioned several times in 16th-century documents, when inhabitants of the castle were pardoned for committed crimes.
See also
*
List of townlands of County Clare
References
External links
Kilmoon at the Clare County Library
{{Civil parishes of County Clare
Civil parishes of County Clare
Towns and villages in County Clare