Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny

Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny parish is a parish in County Clare and part of the Kilfenora Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. The parishes Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny amalgamated in the 1980s.^[1]

Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny
Roman Catholic parish
Lisdoonvarna/Kilshanny Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°01′49″N 9°17′22″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Government
• Dáil Éireann	Clare
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Current (2021) parish priest is Robert McNamara.^[2]

The parish is an amalgamation of the mediaeval parishes of Kilmoon, Killeany, Killilagh and Owghtory.^[3]

The main church of the parish is the Church of Corpus Christi in Lisdoonvarna, built in 1868.^[4] The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Augustine in Kilshanny. This church was blessed in 1894 by bishop Francis McCormack. This is a descendant of the earlier abbey by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine founded in 1189.^[5] Third church is the Church of our Lady of Lourdes in Toovaghera. This church is built in 1878.^[6] The coastal village Doolin has a church built in 1821 named the Church of the Holy Rosary.^[6]

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  Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna
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  Altar Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna. Note the railing, removed in most churches.
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  St. Augustine's Church, Kilshanny
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  Church of the Holy Rosary, Doolin
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  Main entrance of the Church of the Holy Rosary in Doolin. Note the stonework around the door, showing that the church is way older than its modern looks
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  Church of our Lady of Lourdes, Toovaghera
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  Kilmoon Church (left, in ruin) and graveyard
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  The ruin of Killiagh Church in Doolin
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  The north wall of the ruin of the Abbey near Kilshanny
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  The east wall (inside) of Kilshanny Abbey

References

1. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 204
2. "Lisdoonvarna & Kilshanny". Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora.
3. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203
4. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 203, 205
5. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 204, 206
6. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN 978-1-906886-33-2. p. 207