placenamesKillaloe
Cill Dalua
Later institutions add another layer to the parish’s medieval landmarks, from Clarisford Palace to schools that moved as their needs grew.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Dalua · Irish · main form
- Killaloe · English · main form
Place & story
John Moloney’s first classroom
Killaloe’s boys’ school began in June 1841 with John Moloney as its first master. The school’s own history describes two classrooms within a small house whose exact location is unknown; Moloney lived in the remainder. Growing enrolment prompted a move to The Green in 1845 and John Street in 1852. A purpose-built school followed in New Street in 1856, initially accommodating girls downstairs and boys upstairs. [2]
Clarisford Palace at Moys
Clarisford Palace was built between 1771 and 1779 to designs by Thomas Cooley as a bishop’s residence. Its five-bay frontage rises through three storeys above a partly raised basement. A central stone doorway, fanlight and sash windows form the principal elevation beneath a hipped slate roof. Outbuildings and a walled garden accompanied the house. The heritage survey records its sale in 1977 and subsequent residential use. [3]
Parents secure a new college site
The Parents Council bought a fifteen-acre site at Clarisford in 1978 for St Anne’s Community College. Completed in 1987, the new buildings replaced St Anne’s Secondary School on Convent Hill. The college’s account dates secondary education there to 1945 and records a further extension completed in 2018. The purchase gave the institution room for teaching buildings and sports grounds, connecting its development with direct action by local parents. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.80792, -8.49850
- Mapped area
- 43.35 km²
- Logainm ID
- 438 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Killaloe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of Killaloe Boys National School · Killaloe Boys National School
- Clarisford Palace, registration 20404514 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- St Anne’s Community College: facilities and site history · St Anne’s Community College
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.