placenamesKilmurry McMahon
Cill Mhuire Mhic Mhathúna
St Mary’s retains the date of its early nineteenth-century construction, while its interior reflects a major twentieth-century alteration.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Mhuire Mhic Mhathúna · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilmurry McMahon · English · main form
Place & story
An 1803 church altered in 1974
The Diocese of Killaloe dates Kilmurry McMahon’s cruciform church to 1803. A dated stone carries a biblical inscription referring to Luke 11:28. The building underwent substantial renovation in 1974: its roof was replaced and the galleries were taken out. These alterations changed the interior arrangement of a church already more than a century and a half old. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Coordinates
- 52.65728, -9.28585 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1166979 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmurry McMahon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Parish of Kilmurry McMahon-Labasheeda: St Mary’s · Diocese of Killaloe
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.