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| County | County Clare |
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Doora (Template:Lang-ga) is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is also part of the Catholic parish of Doora-Barefield in the Diocese of Killaloe. St Josephs Doora-Barefield GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
Name
The name is derived from the Irish Dubh Rath which can be translated as Black Fort. This name can most likely be attributed to the large area of bogland in the locality. In the Ordnance Survey Letters by John O'Donovan and Eugene Curry 1839, Doora is translated as Duire referring to bogland or wetland ref Clare County Library and also in The Topography of County Clare by John Frost.
Civil parish
In Ireland, civil parishes are often co-extensive with the ecclesiastical parish of the established church. This is the case with Doora where Lewis's 1837 directory records three entities with the same name: a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, a parish of the Church of Ireland and a parish of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1841, the parish had a population of 2,365 in 370 houses, almost all Catholic.
Townlands
The civil parish contains the townlands of Ardsollus, Ballaghboy, Ballyglass, Ballyortla (North), Ballyortla (South), Ballyvonnavaun, Bunnow, Castlefergus, Castletown, Cloonawee, Cloonmore, Corebeg, Creggaun, Deerpark, Dooneen, Drim, Drumdoolaghty, Finanagh, Gaurus, Gortataggart, Gorteen, Kilbreckan, Kilfeilim, Killawinna, Knockanean, Knockaskibbole, Knockhogan, Monanoe, Moyriesk and Noughaval.
Village
The history of Saint Breccan of Arran says he founded a church in Daclais that is named after him. The townland of Kilbreckan holds the ruined church of Carrantemple, a very old building, which may be this church. Two holy wells in the parish are dedicated to Saint Breccan. There is also a ruined church named Kellavella. The parish has the remains of two castles. Ballyhannon Castle was the property of William Neylan in 1580. Renamed Castlefergus, it was still well preserved in 1893. The other castle, Clonmore, was completely ruined. Doora is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) east of Ennis. It is about 3.75 miles (6.04 km) long, and up to 3 miles (4.8 km) wide, covering 5,927 acres (2,399 ha). Much of the land is bog or upland pasture. The village has a Catholic church, a school and a GAA ground at Gurteen.
Roman Catholic parish
Today the Roman Catholic parish of Doora-Barefield in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe encompasses two other population centres. There are churches in Doora (St Breckan's), Roslevan (Church of Our Lady) and Barefield (Church of the Immaculate Conception).
References
Citations
- Placenames Database of Ireland - Doora civil parish
- Doora-Barefild parish - official website
- ^ Frost 1893, p. 49.
- Lewis, Samuel (1837, 1995). County Clare, A History and Topography. Ennis: CLASP Press. ISBN 1-900545-00-4.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) p. 37 - ^ Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland 1845.
- Map of Doora Parish showing Townlands.
- Frost 1893, p. 50.
Sources
- Frost, James (1893). The History and Topography of the County of Clare: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the 18th Century. author. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Map of Doora Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- "Our Parish". Doora-Barefield parish. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- Doora, Dowry, or Dowrie. 1845. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
| Baronies and civil parishes of County Clare | |
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| Barony | Civil parishes |
| Bunratty Lower | |
| Bunratty Upper | |
| Burren | |
| Clonderalaw | |
| Corcomroe | |
| Ibrickane | |
| Inchiquin | |
| Islands | |
| Leitrim |
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| Moyarta | |
| Tulla Lower | |
| Tulla Upper | |
| * (part) refers to civil parishes which span two different baronies | |