Killofin (Irish: Cill Lua Finn[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the village of Labasheeda and is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon.
Killofin
Cill Lua Finn | |
|---|---|
Civil parish | |
 Labasheeda School | |
  Killofin | |
| Coordinates: 52°37′26″N 9°14′46″W / 52.62392°N 9.246161°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R258774 |
Location
editThe civil parish of Killofin is on the coast of the barony of Clonderalaw.[2] The name comes from the O'Finn family.[3] It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Kildysart. It contains the village of Labasheeda. The parish is 4 by 2.5 miles (6.4 by 4.0 km) and covers 6,692 acres (2,708 ha). The parish covers the peninsula between the east coast of Clonderalaw bay and the Shannon Estuary.[2]
Antiquities
editAs of 1897 the old church was in good condition, with a large churchyard. Another old church dedicated to St. Kiaran, small and very old, stood in the townland of Kilkerin. St. Kiaran’s altar is to the east of this church, and has a cross sculptured on one of the stones. The townland once called Knocknacross but now called Mountshannon West has a holy well dedicated to St. Kiaran. There are the ruins of an old castle in Ballymacolman, or Colmanstown. In 1580 it belonged to Teige MacMahon, of Clonderalaw.[3] As of 1841 there were 3,985 people in 605 houses, of whom 3,379 in 497 houses were in rural districts.[2]
Townlands
editTownlands of the civil parish of Killofin are Ballina, Ballyartney, Ballygeery East, Ballygeery West, Bohyodaun, Cloonarass, Cloonkeery East, Cloonkeery West, Colmanstown, Cullenagh, Kilkerin, Killofin, Knockphutteen, Lakyle North, Lakyle South, Mount Shannon East, Mount Shannon West and Slievedooley.[4]
Church
editThe Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe, combines the civil parishes of Kilmurry McMahon and Killofin.[5] The church of St. Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.[6]
References
editCitations
Sources
- "Cill Lua Finn". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- Frost, James (1897). "East Corcabaskin - Killofin Parish". The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- "Kilmurry McMahon Churches". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- "Kilmurry McMahon". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- "Map of Killofin Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Parish. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- "Killofin". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2 April 2014.