Doora, County Clare

Doora (Irish: Dúire[1]) is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland, just to the east of the town of Ennis.

[2] The parish is on the western border of the barony of Bunratty Upper, just east of the town of Ennis.

[6] An 1842 map notes that the church was in ruins and shows it about 200 metres (660 ft) southwest of what was then the hamlet of Doora, in the west of the townland of Ballaghboy.

[3] A notable native of the parish was Michael Considine of Castletown townland, who composed the famous folk song Spancil Hill in the early 1870s.

[11] The parish contains the townlands of Ardsollus, Ballaghboy, Ballyglass, Ballyortla (North), Ballyortla (South), Ballyvonnavaun, Bunnow, Castlefergus, Castletown, Cloonawee, Cloonmore, Corebeg, Creggaun, Deerpark, Dooneen, Drim, Drumdoolaghty, Finanagh, Gaurus, Gortataggart, Gorteen, Kilbreckan, Kilfeilim, Killawinna, Knockanean, Knockaskibbole, Knockhogan, Monanoe, Moyriesk and Noughaval.

[12] The townlands of Castlefergus and Ardsollus are isolated from the rest of the parish, a small distance to the south.