The Sacred Heart Church is located in the village of Belclare, Tuam, County Galway.

Belclare is in the parish of Cummer and Kilmoylan (Corofin) which was known as the Claretuam Union prior to 1800. It included the ancient parishes/churches of Cummer, Kilmoylan, Claretuam and Killower. 

The longest serving curate was Fr. Varden (1919 - 1931) whose tombstone is the only one beside the new church.

The first curate, Fr. Pat Canavan served as C.C. in Claretuam as it was then called, 1812 - 1816, when he became P.P. of Corofin until his death in 1856, spending most of forty years in Belclare and his fine tomb is in Churchfriar, beside the ruins of the old church which he reroofed after it was stripped on the Night of the Big Wind, 6 Jan 1839.

One of the many other curates to have served here is the recent Archbishop of Tuam, Most Rev.Dr. Michael Neary who was here 1975 -'76.