Labasheeda

{{short description |Village in County Clare, Ireland}}

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{{Use Irish English|date=August 2020}}

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Labasheeda ({{Irish place name|Leaba Shíoda|silken bed}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1412563 | title = Leaba Shíoda/Labasheeda | website = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | access-date = 24 October 2021}} is a village in the parish of Kilmurry McMahon in County Clare, Ireland. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the Shannon estuary.

Location

The village lies in an indentation of the Shannon Estuary.

It is in the civil parish of Killofin in the barony of Clonderalaw.{{cite book|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killofin1845.htm

|title=Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland |year=1845|chapter=Killofin|accessdate=2014-04-02}}

Killofin today is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.{{cite web|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/kilmurry-mcmahon/ |title=Kilmurry McMahon |accessdate=2014-03-31|publisher=Diocese of Killaloe}}

The church of St Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Kilmurry McMahon: Churches}}|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/kilmurry-mcmahon/church.html

|title=Kilmurry McMahon Churches |accessdate=2014-04-02|publisher=Diocese of Killaloe}}

In 1841 there were 606 people in 108 houses.

Sports

The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is called Shannon Gaels while the local athletics club is called St Marys AC.

Notable people

See also

References

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{{cite book|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/labasheeda1845.htm

|title=Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland |year=1845 |chapter=Labasheeda |accessdate=2014-04-02}}

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{{County Clare}}

Category:Towns and villages in County Clare

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