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{{short description |Village in County Clare, Ireland}}
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'''Inagh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|n|ə}} {{respell|EYE|nə}}; {{Irish place name|Eidhneach|ivy}}) is a village<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/en/1411601 Placenames Database of Ireland] - Inagh civil parish</ref> and [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in [[County Clare]], Ireland. It is situated 14&nbsp;km west of [[Ennis]] on the [[Inagh River]]. The civil parish contains the villages of Inagh and [[Cloonanaha]].

==Location==
The parish is part of the [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Inchiquin]].
The ''Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845'' describes Inach (then including [[Kilnamona]]) as:
{{blockquote|A parish in the barony of [[Inchiquin]], 6 miles south-east by east of [[Ennistymon]], County Clare, Munster. Length, 7 miles; breadth, 4½; area, 19,887 acres, 3 roods, 9 perches, of which 231 acres, 1 rood, 6 perches are water. Pop., in 1841, 4,192. Houses 690. The surface is, for the most part, a series of moors, bogs, and poor uplands; and its aspect is almost everywhere bleak and repulsive. [[Slievecallan]], on the western boundary, has an altitude of 1,282 feet; and some heights in the interior have altitudes of very nearly 500 feet. The chief stream is the Brockagh. The roads from Ennistymon and [[Milltown Malbay|Milltown-Malbay]] to [[Ennis]] traverse the interior. This parish is not recognised in the ecclesiastical divisions of the Established church; yet ranks as a Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Killaloe, and has chapels at Inagh and Kilmanona.<ref name=ParlGaz1845/>}}

==Village==
The village is clustered around seven of the parish's townlands that lie north-east of [[Mount Callan]]. 
It was once called ''Breintir Fearmacach agus Cormacach'', meaning "fetid district of Cinel Fearmaic and Cormaic". 
It was later called Breintre, then Inagh.<ref name=Frost1893/>
The village is situated on the [[N85 road (Ireland)|N85]], [[Ennis]] - [[Ennistymon]] / [[Lahinch]] road, making Inagh a tourist route serving north and west Clare.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

There are a number of community and sports groups in Inagh including a youth club, angling, walking, golfing, and reading clubs. [[Hurling]] and [[camogie]] are played at [[Inagh-Kilnamona GAA]]. Inagh has had a strong tradition of Irish music and dancing. Inagh is also home to the organic [[goat cheese]] farm of [[St Tola]].

==Catholic Parish==
The Catholic parish of [[Inagh and Kilnamona]] has its parish office in the village of Inagh.<ref name="Inagh and Kilnamona">{{cite web|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/inagh-and-kilnamona/ |title=Inagh and Kilnamona|publisher=The Diocese of Killaloe|access-date=2014-03-30}}</ref>

The first church of ''Eidnach'' was said to have been built by [[Mac Creiche]] in his old age, around 580.
Fragments of the "Teampul na glas aighne" remained in 1839, but were later demolished.<ref name=Westropp1900/>
The church at Inagh, called in Irish ''Teampul-duv-na-h’Eidhnighe'', does not seem to have had a patron saint.<ref name=Frost1893/> The present church is dedicated to the "Immaculate Conception".<ref name="Inagh and Kilnamona"/>

==Ruins==
As of 1893 there was only one castle in the parish, Bothneil, which was very dilapidated. 
In 1580 the castle was the property of Teige, son of Murrough O'Brien.
Near the castle is a stone named ''cloch-an-agraid'', bearing an inscription in [[Ogham]] characters.
According to Professor O'Looney of the Catholic University, who examined it in 1844 and 1859, the inscription reads: ''FAN LIA DO LICA CONAF (N) COLGAC COSOBADA (C)'', meaning "Under this stone is laid Conaf (n) the fierce [and] turbulent." 
Nearby there was a [[Dolmen|cromlech]] named ''altoir-na-Gretne'' (altar of the sun), where the local people once met on certain days each year.<ref name=Frost1893/>

==Townlands==
The civil parish consists of the following [[townland]]s: Ballyduff Beg, Ballyduff More, Ballyea North, Ballyea South, Ballynoe, Bauntlieve, Boolavaun,  Boolinrudda, Boolyduff, Boolynamiscaun, Carrowkeel East, Carrowkeel West, Cloonanaha, Cloonmackan, Cloontysmarra, Coolshingaun, Curraghodea, Derry, Derryharriv, Drumanure, Drumcarna, Drumcullaun, Drumduff, Drumlesh, Drumnagah, Formoyle Eighteragh East, Formoyle Eighteragh West, Formoyle Oughteragh East, Formoyle Oughteragh West, Garvillaun, Garvoghil, Glennageer, Gortalougha, Gortbofarna, Knockalassa, Knockogonnell, Kylea, Letterkelly, Maghera, Magherabaun, Meelick, Muckinish, Sileshaun West, Sileshaun East and Skaghvickincrow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/inagh_townlands.htm
 |title=Map of Inagh Parish showing Townlands|access-date=2014-03-06|publisher=Clare County Library}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Róisín Garvey]] (born 1973), Green Party senator.
*[[George Tottenham (cricketer)|George Tottenham]] (1890–1977), first-class cricketer and Indian Civil Service official.

==References==
{{reflist |refs=
<ref name=Frost1893>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyandtopog00frosgoog/historyandtopog00frosgoog_djvu.txt|location=Dublin
 |title= The History and Topography of the County of Clare|year=1893|author=James Frost|pages=135–137}}</ref>
<ref name=ParlGaz1845>{{cite book|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/inagh1845.htm|access-date=2014-03-06|title=Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland|year=1845|chapter=Inagh Parish}}</ref>
<ref name=Westropp1900>{{cite book|access-date=2014-03-30|title=The Churches of County Clare|chapter=Barony of Inchiquin|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/clare_churches/inchiquin_barony.htm|author=T. J. Westropp|year=1900}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.inagh.com/ Inagh.com - The Inagh community website]
* [http://www.inaghanglingclub.com/ Inagh Angling Club]
* [http://www.st-tola.ie/ St. Tola organic goat cheese]

{{County Clare}}
{{Civil parishes of County Clare}}

[[Category:Towns and villages in County Clare]]
[[Category:Civil parishes of County Clare]]