Kilconry

Kilconry
Cill Chomhraí
Civil parish
Kilconry

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°42′22″N 8°56′8″W / 52.70611°N 8.93556°W / 52.70611; -8.93556Coordinates: 52°42′22″N 8°56′8″W / 52.70611°N 8.93556°W / 52.70611; -8.93556
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Clare
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Kilconry (Irish: Cill Chomhraí[1]) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Limerick, west of Shannon on the estuary of the River Shannon. The main village in the area is Ballycalla/Ballcally and it contains the Shannon Golf Course and Shannon Airport.

Geography

The civil parish of Kilconry lies in the barony of Bunratty Lower.[2] It is in the southern part of the county and is bordered by Kilmaleery to the north and Clonloghan to the east and the River Shannon to the south and west.[3] It is divided into 9 townlands:[4]

  • Ballycally
  • Ballyhennessy
  • Carrigerry
  • Feenish
  • Garrynamona
  • Inishmacnaghtan
  • Rineanna North
  • Rineanna South
  • Stonehall

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cill Chomhraí". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Barony of Bunratty (Lower and Upper)". Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Map of Civil Parishes of County Clare". Clare County Library. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Map of Kilconry Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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