Killone
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Killone
Cill Eoin | |
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Civil parish | |
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  Killone Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°47′57″N 8°59′54″W / 52.799285°N 8.998196°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Killone (Irish: Cill Eoin[1]) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, to the southwest of Ennis. It is known for the ruins of Killone Abbey on the grounds of Newhall House and Estate.
Killone is in the Barony of Islands, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Ennis on the road to Kildysart.[2] It is 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) southwest of Clareabbey. The parish is 6.04 by 5.23 kilometres (3.75 by 3.25 mi) and covers 2,314 hectares (5,720 acres). The parish covers most of the western screen of the head of the River Fergus estuary, and combines fertile low ground with rocky hillocks, hills, and ridges. The parish holds Killone Lough.[3]