Kilshanny

Kilshanny Cill Seanaigh
Civil Parish
Kilshanny Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°58′55″N 9°17′55″W / 52.98193°N 9.29873°WCoordinates: 52°58′55″N 9°17′55″W / 52.98193°N 9.29873°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Kilshanny (Irish: Cill Seanaigh) is a village and a civil parish in west County Clare, Ireland.^[1]

Geography

Location

It is located on the N67 national secondary road. Today, the village amenities include a pub (Kilshanny House), a primary school (St. Augustine's NS) and the church of St Augustine. Nearby towns and villages are Ennistymon, Lisdoonvarna, Kilfenora, Liscannor, Lahinch and Doolin.

Parish

The parish is part of the Barony of Corcomroe.

Kilshanny is part of the parish of "Lisdoonvarna and Kilshanny" in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. Parish churches are "Corpus Christi" in Lisdoonvarna, "Holy Rosary" in Doolin, "Our Lady of Lourdes" in Toovahera and "Saint Augustine's" in Kilshanny.^[2]

Antiquities

In Smithstown townland lie the ruins of Smithtown Castle (also known as Ballingown Castle), a former O'Brien stronghold. An attached house was inhabited until 1837, but has since fallen into ruin. In 1600, Hugh Roe O'Donnell stayed here before moving through Kilfenora to "lay waste the countryside around Corcomroe".^[3]:9 Honora, daughter of Teige of Smithstown, by marriage became Honora Wingfield, ancestor of the family that held the title of Viscount Powerscourt.^[3]:9 The castle is today available for rental as tourist accommodation.^[4]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. Placenames Database of Ireland - civil parish of Kilshanny.
2. "Parish of Lisdoonvarna & Kilshanny". Diocese of Galway. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
3. Cunningham, George (1980). Burren Journey West. Shannonside Mid Western Regional Tourism Organisation. ISBN 0-9503080-2-1.
4. http://www.smithstowncastle.com/ Official website