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County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 by Samuel Lewis

 
Killaspuglenane

A parish, in the barony of Corcomroe, county of Clare, and province of Munster, 23/4 miles (N. W.) from Ennistymon, on the western coast ; containing 1454 inhabitants. It comprises 2943 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, consisting chiefly of coarse mountain pasture. Here is Moymore, the residence of - Stackpoole, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilfenora, forming part of the union of Kilmanaheen ; the rectory forms part of the corps of the archdeaconry of Kilfenora, and the tithes amount to £105, of which £75 is payable to the archdeacon, and £30 to the vicar : there is a glebe of two acres. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Liscanor, and has a plain chapel at Cahirgal. Some remains of the old church still exist.

County Clare A History and Topography by Samuel Lewis
Courtesy of Clare Local Studies Project

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