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Killaloe (/ ˌ k ɪ l ə ˈ l uː / kil-ə-LOO; Irish: Cill Dalua, meaning 'church of Dalua' [7]) is a small town in east County Clare, Ireland.It lies on the River Shannon on the western bank of Lough Derg and is connected by Killaloe Bridge to the "twin town" of Ballina on the eastern bank of the lake.
Moriertach, King of Ireland was buried in Killaloe in 1120 in a great ceremony. In 1177 the town was the scene of a ceremony in which Raymond Le Gros received the hostages of Roderic, King of Connaught, and O’Brien, Prince of Thomond, who took the oath of fealty to the King of England.
Killaloe Cathedral dates from the transition between the Romanesque and Gothic periods and was completed in 1225. The front is decorated with arabesque ornaments. [1] On the north side of the cathedral is a small oratory or chapel (8.78 X 5.33 m (28ft 9 in X 17ft 6 in) [2] of a date earlier than the cathedral; and probably the original sanctuary of the holy man who founded the abbey.
Killaloe is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Scáth na Sionnaine grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. As of 2021 [update] , the co-parish priest is James Grace.
The Diocese of Killaloe (/ ˌ k ɪ l ə ˈ l uː / kil-ə-LOO; Irish: Deoise Chill Dalua) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Ennis, County Clare.
Ballyvally, Killaloe, County Clare, ... Geoffrey de Marisco instead built a castle at Killaloe in 1216. [7] Description. The fort is a mound of earth 70 m (80 yd) in ...
The local authority for the county is Clare County Council. Fianna Fáil lost its overall majority on the council in 2004. [23] As of the 2009 local election, Fianna Fáil is the largest party, with 13 of the 28 seats. The county seat is at Ennis, which also serves as a major regional hub for County Clare.
The Diocese of Killaloe is the second largest Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland.. It comprises the greater part of County Clare, a large portion of County Tipperary, and parts of Counties Offaly, Laois and Limerick, stretching from Birr Parish in the north to Toomevara Parish in the East and to Cross Parish on the Loop Head peninsula in the south-west of the diocese.