Liscannor (parish)

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Liscannor
Roman Catholic parish
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Liscannor
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°56′19″N9°23′38″W / 52.93851°N 9.394000°W / 52.93851; -9.394000
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Clare
Government
   Dáil Éireann Clare
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Liscannor parish is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Kilfenora Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. It is bordering the Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Current (2021) parish priest is Denis Crosby. [2]

The parish is an amalgamation of the mediaeval parishes of Kilmacrehy and Killaspuglonnane. [3]

The main church of the parish is the Church of St. Bridget in Liscannor, built in 1858 on the site of an older church. [4] The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Flannan in Moymore. This church was built in 1877. [5]

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References

  1. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN   978-1-906886-33-2. p. 199
  2. Liscannor & Moymore - Clergy
  3. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN   978-1-906886-33-2. p. 200
  4. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN   978-1-906886-33-2. p. 200-201
  5. O'Dowd, Peadar (2010). The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. An Illustrated History. Booklink. ISBN   978-1-906886-33-2. p. 202