Clonlara (parish)

Clonlara is a Catholic parish in County Clare in Ireland. It is part of the Scáth na Sionnaine grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.^[1] The parish is an amalgamation of the medieval parish Kiltenanlea (also known as Doonass) and parts of the parishes of Truagh and Kilseily.^[2]

Clonlara
Catholic parish
Clonlara
Coordinates: 52°43′N 8°33′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Churches

Church of St. Senan in Clonlara

There are two churches in the parish.

The main church is the Church of St. Senan in Clonlara. This church was built in 1873 when a predecessor built in 1837 was considered too small for the congregation.^[2]

The second church of the parish is the Mary the Mother of God Church in Truagh. This cruciform building was built in the 1840s is an early form of Gothic Revival architecture.^[3]