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287:(1.6 mi) sandy beach is used for surfing. Clogher Strand, with sand and stones, separates Lough Donnell from the sea. The Hubáns, Baltard Cliffs, the Horseshoe and Donegal Point are nearby cliffs. Baltard Cliffs has views, on a clear day, of counties Clare, Galway, North Kerry and West Limerick.
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Beaches include the White Strand, Doughbheg Beach, Doughmore Beach and
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Killard were combined into one Catholic parish by the late 17th century. In 1841 the population of the civil parish of Killard was 6,941 in 1,094 houses. Of these, 316 lived in 52 houses in the village. In 1854 the Catholic parish was again separated into roughly the same two areas as the
274:(the well of the Creator of the world). There was another graveyard of Saint Senán, called Kiltenain, in the parish. There is a small place of sepulture called Cill-na-clochán in the townland of Cloonmore, and a holy well dedicated to Saint Brendan in the townland of Cloonagarnaun.
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Tullaher.
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It is 8 by 2 miles (12.9 by 3.2 km) and covers 17,022 acres (6,889 ha). The coast extends from Lough Donnel in the north to
Farrihy bay in the south, and includes Doonbeg bay, Carronmore Point, Donegal Point, and Baltard or Ballard Point.
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Frost, James (1897). "West
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446:Leisure in Doonbeg, DCD
422:Beaches and Cliffs, DCD
1176:Catholicism portal
1152:Castleconnell (parish)
930:Killimer and Knockerra
864:Crusheen (Inchicronan)
656:. Clare County Library
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327:The civil parishes of
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1028:Cloughjordan (parish)
602:. Diocese of Killaloe
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1063:Templederry (parish)
1058:Silvermines (parish)
1023:Borrisokane (parish)
859:Cross (Kilballyowen)
616:"Leisure in Doonbeg"
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502:"Beaches and Cliffs"
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1068:Terryglass (parish)
970:O’Callaghan’s Mills
965:Newmarket-on-Fergus
894:Inagh and Kilnamona
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542:"Doonbeg (Killard)"
508:on 1 September 2014
461:Kilkee (Kilfearagh)
334:Kilkee (Kilfearagh)
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89:Location in Ireland
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1498:Clooney, Corcomroe
1106:Kilcolman (parish)
1101:Dunkerrin (parish)
1073:Toomevara (parish)
985:Scariff and Moynoe
744:Bishop of Killaloe
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