Inishcaltra
Inis Cealtra | |
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Civil parish | |
Coordinates: 52°55′53″N 8°25′47″W / 52.931517°N 8.429739°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Inishcaltra (Irish: Inis Cealtra[1]) is a civil parish in the barony of Leitrim in County Clare, Ireland. The main settlement in the parish is the village of Mountshannon. It is noted for the eponymous island of Inis Cealtra, which is an ancient Christian monastic site. In the Catholic Church, the parish is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Mountshannon (Clonrush).