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Andrew Cullinan<\/strong> was born near the townland of Killeen, in the parish of Ruan in County Clare, Ireland around 1781.<\/p>\n

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Killeen near Corofin, Clare, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

He was most likely (but not proven) the son of Hugh Cullinan (1764-1808) and Catherine Whelan. Hugh is buried in the Ruan Parish Catholic Cemetery and his headstone states he was aged 44 when he died on 2 July 1808, husband of Catherine Whelan. See here Ruan Graveyard Inscriptions.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The farming area of Killeen is in the Roman Catholic parish of Ruan, Clare, and in some older records it can be found in the bordering parish of Rath, Clare. I’ve also found records listed under Killeen and Culleen, in the parish of Dysert. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.<\/p>\n

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Burren National Park<\/p><\/div>\n

Killeen is a farming district 2 kms from the town of Corofin, near the Burren National Park<\/a>. The Burren National Park is located in the southeastern corner of the Burren and is approximately 1500 hectares in size.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cBurren\u201d comes from an Irish word \u201cBo\u00edreann\u201d meaning a rocky place. An extremely appropriate name, given the lack of soil cover and the extent of exposed limestone rock formations.<\/p>\n

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Cliffs of Moher Clare Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

Killeen is only 5 min by car from the village of Corofin and 14 minutes from Ennis, the county town of County Clare.<\/p>\n

The Wild Atlantic Way and the famously rugged Cliffs of Moher<\/a> are within 20 minutes drive of the town. One of Ireland’s most famous tourist attractions, the\u00a0Cliffs of Moher <\/sup>\u00a0are dramatic sea cliffs,\u00a0located at the southwestern edge of\u00a0the Burren\u00a0region in\u00a0County Clare,\u00a0Ireland. <\/sup><\/sup>They run for about 14 kilometres along the coast.<\/p>\n

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The Barony of Inchiquin, of which Killeen is a townland within, was mentioned in A Census of Ireland: c1659<\/em> by Seamus Pender (Ed.), Government Publications, \u00a91939, Sale Office, Dublin.<\/p>\n

County Clare, Inchiquin Barony: p. 177. The number of people* in this barony included 34 English, 1,961 Irish, totalling 1,995 English and Irish. The principal names include O’Culenane (13)<\/strong>, O’Hehir (12), McConnor (11), O’Connor (2), Hogane & O’Hogane (13), FitzMorrish (9), Roch (6), O’Dae (11), Fitzgerald, etc. (10).<\/p>\n

*women and children not included.<\/em><\/p>\n

The townland area of Killeen, pictured on the map below, covers an area of .35 square miles, covering 222 acres.<\/p>\n

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Map of Killeen (inside blue line) situated between Corofin &\u00a0 Ruan<\/p><\/div>\n

Facts about Andrew Cullinan<\/strong> of Killeen, Ruan –<\/p>\n