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Clonloghan  County Clare

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Clonloghan like this:

CLONLOGHAN, a parish, in the barony of BUNRATTY, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Six-Mile-Bridge; containing 763 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the river Shannon, and contains 2711 statute acres as applotted under the tithe act, which are mostly in pasture: it includes part of the rich corcasses on the banks of the Shannon. ...


Knockhane is the residence of P. McMahon, Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe; the rectory is part of the rectorial union of Tomfinlogh; the vicarage is part of the vicarial union of Kilfinaghty. The tithes amount to £105. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Newmarket.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clonloghan, in and County Clare | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/30058

Date accessed: 06th June 2024


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