Labasheeda ()
is a village in the
parish
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of
Kilmurry McMahon in
County Clare
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,
Ireland
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. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the
Shannon estuary.
Location
The village lies in an indentation of the
Shannon Estuary
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.
[
It is in the ]civil parish
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of Killofin in the barony of Clonderalaw
Clonderalaw () is an historical Barony (Ireland), barony in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Baronies are geographical divisions of land that are in turn is divided into civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes.
Legal context
Baro ...
.
Killofin today is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon, in 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 ...
.
The church of St Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.[
]
Sports
The local Gaelic Athletic Association
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team is called Shannon Gaels while the local athletics club is called St Marys AC.
Notable people
* Dan Furey - dance teacher and fiddler
* Daniel Gallery - alderman Montreal, Liberal MP and Whip Canada
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Clare
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