Kilmacrehy

Kilmacrehy, sometimes also Kilmacreehy, (Irish: Cill Mhic Creiche)[1] is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland.

[4] An 1837 account says that the parish contained 5,492 acres (2,223 ha), as applotted under the tithe act, including pasture and arable land fertilised with seaweed.

[5] The parish includes the townlands of Ardnacraa, Ardnahea, Ballycotteen North, Ballycotteen South, Ballyea, Ballyheean, Ballyherragh, Ballylaan, Ballymaclinaun, Ballynalackan, Ballysteen, Ballyvorda, Ballyvislane, Beaghy, Caherbarnagh, Caherycahill, Cloghaundine, Derreen, Dough, Kilconnell, Kineilty, Laghcloon, Laghvally, Liscannor, Lislorkan North, Lislorkan South, Rannagh, Shingaunagh North, Shingaunagh South, Slievenageeragh and Teeraghbeg.

[6] The parish is possibly named after Saint Mac Creiche, who according to tradition founded several churches in what is now County Clare.

[4] The ruins of the old parish church in Laghcloon townland, east of Liscannor, features several arches and prominent moldings in its walls.

The nave features a holy water font, a window and a broken bell chamber on the west wall.

A recess in the south wall may have once been a window with two Gothic arches topped by a carved head wearing a flat cap.

Graveyard
Liscannor Castle