Clara, County Kilkenny
Clara () is a townland and parish in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Ossory, and also a civil parish. Catholic parish The Catholic Parish of Clara in the Diocese of Ossory was created from the old Catholic parish of Gowran. Clara church parish consists of the civil parishes of: Clara, Blackrath (upper), Blackrath (lower), St. Martin's and Tiscoffin. Civil parish The civil parish has approximately 1,000 inhabitants, and is around east of Kilkenny city. Clara civil parish consists of the following townlands: Ballynamona - Baunmore - Churchclara - Clara Upper - Clarabricken - Clifden or Rathgarvan - Clohoge - Coneygar - Eagleshill - Kilmagar - Kingsland - Scart. Notable places and people Saint Colman's church is situated at the centre of the parishes and Saint Colman is considered the patron saint of Clara. St.Colman's church is actually located just within Rathgarvan townland and not the neighbouring townland of Churchclara, wherein lie the remains of the old church of Clara. St. Colman is a common saint's name in Ireland. The Martyrology of Donegal lists ninety six saints of this name and the Book of Leinster records two hundred and nine. In addition there seems