Killaspuglonane

Killaspuglonane Cill Easpaig Lonáin
Civil parish
Killaspuglonane Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°57′24″N 9°20′41″W / 52.956782°N 9.344823°W / 52.956782; -9.344823Coordinates: 52°57′24″N 9°20′41″W / 52.956782°N 9.344823°W / 52.956782; -9.344823
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Killaspuglonane (Irish: Cill Easpaig Lonáin^[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.

Location

Killaspuglonane in the part of the historical barony of Corcomroe. It is 2.75 miles (4.43 km) northwest of Ennistymon. The parish is 2.75 by 2.75 miles (4.43 by 4.43 km) and covers 3,547 acres (1,435 ha). The land runs north from the upper part of Liscannor Bay, and is mostly pastoral upland. In 1841 the population was 1,824 in 297 houses. The Catholic parish was united with the chapel of Kilmacrehy.^[2]

Antiquities

Killaspuglonane parish contains a ruined church dedicated to Saint Flannán, the first bishop of Killaloe, surrounded by a large cemetery. A holy well dedicated to Saint Flannán is a little to the southwest of the old church. There was a castle in the townland of Tullamore that was the property of Sir Daniel O’Brien, of Dough.^[3]

The MacCurtin family, who owned the townlands of Carrowduff in Killaspuglonane and Laghvally in Kilmacrechy, were noted for their scholarship. The Annals of the Four Masters records the deaths of Kelloch MacCurtin, chief historian of Thomond (1376), Gilla Duivin MacCurtin, ollav of Thomond in music (1404), Sencha MacCurtin, ollav of Thomond in history and generally skilled in the arts of poetry and music (1435) and Geanann MacCurtin, intended ollav of Thomond in history (1436).^[3]

Townlands

Townlands are Ballyellery, Ballyfaudeen, Caheraderry, Carrowduff, Curraghadoo, Killaspuglonane, Knocknaraha, Moymore North, Moymore South, Rannagh and Tullamore.^[4]

References

Citations

Sources

"Cill Easpaig Lonáin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
Frost, James (1897). "Corcomroe, Kilaspuglonane parish—Family of MacCurtin". The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
"Map of Killaspuglonane Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
"Killaspuglonane". Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland 1845. Retrieved 2014-04-10.

Baronies and civil parishes of County Clare

Barony	Civil parishes

Bunratty Lower	Bunratty Clonloghan Drumline Feenagh Kilconry Kilfinaghta Kilfintinan Killeely (part) Kilmaleery Kilmurry-Negaul Kilnasoolagh St. Munchin's (part) St. Patrick's (part) Tomfinlough

Bunratty Upper	Clooney Doora Inchicronan Kilraghtis Quin Templemaley

Burren	Abbey Carran Drumcreehy Gleninagh Kilcorney Killonaghan Killeany Kilmoon Noughaval Oughtmama Rathborney

Clonderalaw	Kilchreest Kildysart Kilfidane Killimer Killofin Kilmihil Kilmurry McMahon

Corcomroe	Clooney (Corcomroe) Kilfenora Killaspuglonane Kiltoraght Kilmanaheen Kilmacrehy Killilagh Kilshanny

Ibrickane	Kilfarboy Killard Kilmurry Ibrickane Kilmacduane (part)

Inchiquin	Dysert Inagh Kilkeedy Kilnaboy Kilnamona Rath Ruan

Islands	Clareabbey Clondagad Drumcliff Killone Kilmaley

Moyarta	Kilballyowen Kilfearagh (Kilkee) Kilrush Moyarta Kilmacduane (part)

Tulla Lower	Clonlea Killaloe Killokennedy Killuran Kilseily Kiltenanlea O'Brien's Bridge Ogonnelloe

Tulla Upper	Clonrush Feakle Kilnoe Moynoe Tuamgraney Tulla Inishcaltra

* (part) refers to civil parishes which span two different baronies

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