KILRAGHTIS, a parish, in the barony of BUNRATTY,
county of Clare, and province of Munster, 3½| miles
(N. E.) from Ennis, on the road to Gort; containing
1866 inhabitants. It comprises 4594 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and though only one mile
broad is nearly six miles long. At Ballyally is the seat
of Andrew Stackpoole, Esq., and at Barefield is a very
picturesque lake. The parish is in the diocese of Killaloe;
the rectory forms part of the rectorial union of
Ogashin, and the vicarage part of the vicarial union of
Dromcliffe. The tithes amount to £97. 7. 8¼., of which
£46. 3.1. is payable to the rector, and the remainder to
the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the district
of Dowry or Doora: there is a chapel at Barefield.
The ruins of the old church still remain in the burialground.
About 230 children are educated in three
private schools.