Labasheeda

Labasheeda

*Leaba Shíoda*
Labasheeda Leaba Shíoda
Village
	The old National School of Labasheeda
	Labasheeda Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°37′N 9°14′W / 52.62°N 9.24°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	R156531

Labasheeda (Irish: Leaba Shíoda, meaning 'silken bed')^[1] is a village in the parish of Kilmurry McMahon in County Clare, Ireland. The village is set on a peninsula on the banks of the Shannon estuary.

Location

The village lies in an indentation of the Shannon Estuary.^[2] It is in the civil parish of Killofin in the barony of Clonderalaw.^[3] Killofin today is part of the Catholic parish of Kilmurry McMahon, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.^[4] The church of St Ciarán's is in Labasheeda.^[5]

In 1841 there were 606 people in 108 houses.^[2]

The local Gaelic Athletic Association team is called Shannon Gaels while the local athletics club is called St Marys AC.

^ "Leaba Shíoda/Labasheeda". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Labasheeda". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "Killofin". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ "Kilmurry McMahon". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^ "Kilmurry McMahon Churches". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

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