Mountshannon-Whitegate

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Mountshannon-Whitegate
Catholic parish
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Mountshannon-Whitegate
Coordinates: 52°56′N8°26′W / 52.933°N 8.433°W / 52.933; -8.433
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Clare
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Mountshannon-Whitegate, formerly Clonrush, is a parish in County Clare and part of the Inis Cealtra grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. [1]

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Current (2022) co-parish priest is Joe McMahon. [2]

The parish is an amalgamation of two medieval parishes: Clonrush and Iniscaeltra (or Holy Island). [3]

Churches

There are two churches in the parish.

The main church is the St. Caimin's Church in Mountshannon. The gothic-style church was built in 1836 on a design by parish priest Fr. Patrick O'Meally. The building was not a success and already in 1845 the building was raised some 5 feet. [4]

The second church of the parish is the Church of St. Flannan in Whitegate. This church was built in 1969. It replaced and earlier church built in 1870 on the other side of the road. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Widespread Changes In Line Up of Clergy In Killaloe Diocese". Clare.fm. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Mountshannon-clonrush
  3. ↑ Ó Murchadha, Ciarán (2008). The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. Booklink. p. 177.
  4. ↑ Ó Murchadha, Ciarán (2008). The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. Booklink. p. 178.
  5. ↑ Ó Murchadha, Ciarán (2008). The Diocese of Killaloe : An illustrated History. Booklink. pp. 178–179.


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