Broadford, County Clare

Broadford, County Clare
Coordinates: 52°48′22.6″N 8°37′56.51″W / 52.806278°N 8.6323639°W / 52.806278; -8.6323639

Broadford (Irish: Béal an Átha - "the Mouth of the Ford") is a small village in eastern County Clare, Munster, Ireland and a Catholic parish of the same name.

The R466 road passes through the village of Broadford between O'Callaghan's Mills and O'Briens Bridge. It is tucked into the Glenomra Valley on the southern slopes of the Slieve Bearnagh Mountains near Doon Lough. It is in the Tulla Lower barony.^[1]

The Catholic parish of Broadford is in the Diocese of Killaloe. It originated in the medieval parishes of Kilseily and Killokennedy. Part of Killokennedy was amalgamated with Kilseily to form what is now the parish of Broadford. The parish today has three church buildings, which as of 2014 served about 800 parishioners.^[2]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

Places in County Clare County town: Ennis Towns Ennis Kilkee Kilrush Shannon Villages Ardnacrusha Aughinish Ballynacally Ballyvaughan Barefield Bodyke Boston Bridgetown Broadford Cahiracon Carrigaholt Clarecastle Clonlara Cloonanaha Connolly Cooraclare Coore Corofin Cratloe Cree Cross Crusheen Doolin Doonaha Doonbeg Ennistymon Fanore Feakle Hurlers Cross Inagh Ivarstown Kilbaha Kildysart Kilfenora Kilkishen Killaloe Killimer Kilmihil Kilnaboy Kilnamona Kilshanny Knock Labasheeda Lahinch Liscannor Lisdoonvarna Lissycasey Meelick Milltown Malbay Mountshannon Moyasta Mullagh Murroogh Newmarket-on-Fergus O'Brien's Bridge O'Callaghans Mills Parteen Quilty Quin Ruan Scarriff Sixmilebridge Spancill Hill Spanish Point Tuamgraney Tulla Tullig Whitegate Regions Burren Loop Head Peninsula Islands Aughinish Canon Island Deer Island Inis Cathaig (or Scattery Island) Inis Cealtra Inishloe Inishmacowney Mutton Island Trummer List of townlands in County Clare Category:Mountains and hills of County Clare Category:Rivers of County Clare Category:Geography of County Clare