Kilmurry Ibrickane (), also known as Mullagh (Kilmurry Ibrickane), is a

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of the

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that is located in west

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. A

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of the

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also exists which is part of the historic

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. The parish derives its name from the tiny settlement of Kilmurry in Ibrickane, the location of the church before Cromwellian times. The main settlements in the parish are Mullagh,

Coore Coore (also known as Coor) () is a village in the parish of Kilmurry Ibrickane, near Mullagh and Milltown Malbay, in County Clare, Ireland. It is made up of two communities: Coore East and Coore West. Coore West is split into two parts: * Coor ...

and Quilty. The

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club,

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, is centred on the parish.

History

It is unknown when the parish came into existence. For a long period it was ministered together with the parish of

Kilfarboy Kilfarboy () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. There is also a Catholic parish with the same name.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 ...

). The "Register of Priests" in 1704 mentioned Fr. Teige and Fr. Francis Shannon as priests in respectively Kilfarboy and Kilmurry Ibrickane, but according to Ó Murchadha, there is little doubt that they in fact acted as priest and curate for both parishes. In the 1830s, the population of the combined parishes had risen to about 20,000 people, so a split became necessary. The priest and his curate, the brothers Anthony and Patrick McGuane, built two identical church buildings in Milltown Malbay and Mullagh. The

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prevented completion of the church in Mullagh. The planned tower and spire were never built. When Fr. Anthony McGuane died in 1839, his brother Fr. Patrick became the first parish priest of Kilfarboy. Their cousin, Fr. Edmund Barry, became the first parish priest of Kilmurry Ibrickane. Fr. Thomas Moloney, then curate at Kilmurry Ibrickane, was a supporter of the

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Parishes

In 1837, there were also a Church of Ireland parish and a

of the same name. Under the Civil Registration Act 2004, the records kept by the parish about baptisms, marriages and deaths, are official records. This makes the parish part of the Civil Registration Service.

Churches

* St. Mary's Church, Mullagh. Built 1839. * The Most Holy Redeemer,

. Built 1865-1866. * Our Lady Star of the Sea, Quilty. Built 1909, in the aftermath of the rescue of the seamen from the French freighter ''Leon XIII''.

List of parish priests

* Edmund Barry (1839-1860) * Patrick Moran (1860-1875) * James Cahir (1876-1914) * John Glynn (1914-1930) * Patrick Scanlon (1930-1932) * Patrick J. O'Halloran (1932-1947) * Peter Ryan (1948-1961) * Jeremiah Cahir (1961-1966) * Henry Kenny (1966-1969) * John Greed (1969-1972) * Thomas Murphy (1972-1980) * Michael Green (1981-1986) * Timothy Tuohy (1986-2001) * Patrick Larkin (2002–2013)Clerical changes in Clare parishes
/ref> * Anthony McMahon (2013-2018) * Donagh O’Meara (2018- )Widespread Changes In Line Up of Clergy In Killaloe Diocese
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References

{{Coord, 52, 47, 55.06, N, 9, 25, 58.84, W, scale:100000_type:city_region:IE, display=title Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe