The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century . thechurch is called in Irish the church of the meadow. Thebuilding is in good preservation and presents no character-istic requiring description here. Two other burial groundsare found in the parish, the one named Killoghan, con-cerning the patron of which no information has come downto us ; the second has no name, and is used as a place ofsepulture. Besides these, there is a graveyard in whichunbaptised children only are interred. Three holy wellsare in the parish, viz. : Tober-ci
The history and topography of the county of Clare, from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century . thechurch is called in Irish the church of the meadow. Thebuilding is in good preservation and presents no character-istic requiring description here. Two other burial groundsare found in the parish, the one named Killoghan, con-cerning the patron of which no information has come downto us ; the second has no name, and is used as a place ofsepulture. Besides these, there is a graveyard in whichunbaptised children only are interred. Three holy wellsare in the parish, viz. : Tober-cill near Killoghanchurch, Tober-buran, and St. Patricks well. Thewholly ruined castle of Toonagh is situate in Clooney. Itbelonged in 1580 to a MacNamara. Castletown castle isalso in the parish. In the same year it was the property ofBryan OBrien, while the castle of Corbally belonged toShane son of Mahone MacNamara, and that of Clooney toDonogh OGrady. In this parish is the townland of Bally-hickey, so called from the OTIickeys, hereditary physiciansof the OBriens. The name in Irish is Oh Icidhe, which ?ii. Wfe
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