Clara, County Kilkenny
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| Clara Irish: Clárach | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
 Clara Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S574551 |
| Location: | 52°38’41"N, 7°9’9"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
Clara is a parish in County Kilkenny with a scatter of hamlets and farmsteads with no single centre, and amongst which live some one thousand inhabitants. It is found three miles from Kilkenny.
Townlands
Clara civil parish consists of the following townlands:[1]
- Ballynamona - Baunmore - Churchclara - Clara Upper - Clarabricken - Clifden or Rathgarvan - Clohoge - Coneygar - Eagleshill - Kilmagar - Kingsland - Scart.
About the parish
In the townland of Churchclara stand the ruins of the old parish church.
A modern Roman Catholic church, St Colman's, stands at the centre of the parish, within Rathgarvan townland.
Clara Castle is a five-storey tower house built in the fifteenth century by the Shortall family.[2]
Sport
- Gaelic sports: Clara GAA
Outside links
- Clara on the Ossory.ie
- Clara GAA
- County Kilkenny Ireland Genealogy: 'Summary Histories for selected County Kilkenny Surnames
