County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 by Samuel Lewis

A parish, in the barony of Clonderlaw, county of Clare, and province of Munster, 7 miles (S. W.) from Kildysart, on the river Shannon ; containing 4073 inhabitants. It comprises 3948 statute acres, and is almost entirely under tillage, yielding abundant crops ; there is some bog. In several parts of the parish are indications of coal, and culm is obtained at Slievedooly and Clonkerry. The south-western part of the parish consists of a peninsula, projecting into the Shannon, and forming the south-east side of Clonderlaw bay. On Kilkeran Point, at its extremity, is a battery mounting six 24-pounders and two howitzers, with a bomb-proof barrack for a detachment of artillerymen. The principal seats are Ballyartney, the residence of R. Barclay, Esq. ; Clonkerry, of T. Lloyd, Esq. ; and Kilkeran Lodge, the property of T. Spaight, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, forming part of the union of Kilmurry-Clonderlaw : the rectory is impropriate in Bindon Scott, Esq. : the tithes amount to £284, of which £160 is payable to the impropriator, and £124 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is also part of the union or district of Kilmurry-Clonderlaw, and has a handsome cruciform chapel near Labasheeda. There are six private schools, in which about 420 children are educated. Some remains of the parish church still exist, the burial-ground of which is still used ; at Kilkerin are the ruins of a small church, with a burial-ground, which is only used for the interment of children ; and at Killanna are the ruins of an ancient building, supposed to have been a monastery. In Millpark is a chalybeate spring.-See Labasheeda.

County Clare A History and Topography by Samuel Lewis
Courtesy of Clare Local Studies Project

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