Crusheen | |
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Roman Catholic parish | |
Coordinates: 52°59′24″N 8°53′39″W / 52.99004°N 8.89419°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Crusheen, formerly Inchicronan, is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[1]
Current (2021) co-assistant parish priest is Pat O'Neil.[2][3]
The main church of the parish is the Church of St. Cronan in Crusheen, completed in 1837. The is a cruciform barn church. It replaced an older mass house, built in 1726, which in turn was thoroughly renovated or replaced in 1736.[1]
The second church of the parish is the "Chapel of the Immaculate Conception" in Ballinruan, built in 1824. A renovation and enlargement in 1857 gave the chapel its present form of two aisles at a 90-degree angle.[4]
The parish is also home to Inchicronan Priory.