Killone is in the Barony of Islands, 4 kilometres (2.5mi) southwest of Ennis on the road to Kildysart.[2]
It is 1.6 kilometres (0.99mi) southwest of Clareabbey. The parish is 6.04 by 5.23 kilometres (3.75 by 3.25mi) and covers 2,314 hectares (5,720 acres).
The parish covers most of the western screen of the head of the River Fergus estuary, and combines fertile low ground with rocky hillocks, hills, and ridges.
The parish holds Killone Lough.[3]
The ruins are near the northeast of Lake Killone.[2] The graveyard and abbey are privately owned, part of Newhall Estate, and as protected sites under national monument legislation, guardianship is vested in the Office of Public Works.[5] As it is private land, access is available with the owner's permission.[5][6] Killone Abbey is linked to Clare Abbey by the Pilgrim's Road, a footpath.[7] There is a holy well dedicated to Saint John near the abbey.[2]
As of 1837 the parish was united with the Clareabbey parish in the Catholic church.[8]
There was a chapel at Ballyea.[2]
The population in 1841 was 2,777 in 429 houses.[3]
The civil parish is now part of the Ballyea/Clarecastle Catholic parish. Mass is still held at Saint John's Well.[7]
