Kilrush is a parish in County Clare and part of the Inis Cathaigh grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[1]
Kilrush | |
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Catholic parish | |
![]() ![]() Kilrush | |
Coordinates: 52°38′24″N 9°29′9.6″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Current (2022) co-parish priest is Pat Larkin.[2]
There are two churches in the parish.
The main church is the Church of St. Senan in Toler Street in Kilrush. It was built in 1839-1840 and replaced an older slated chapel that was located in High Street. That chapel in turn replaced a thatched cabin used as chapel.[3]
The second church of the parish is the Church of Little Senan in Monmore. This a chapel built in 1895-1896 in a rectangular shape.[4]
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Diocese of Killaloe Parish groupings |
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Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Kilfenora deanery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diocese of Limerick |
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