Cooraclare
Cooraclare
Cuar an Chláir | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Cooraclare Church | |
  Cooraclare Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°42′14″N 9°25′06″W / 52.703889°N 9.418333°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R014627 |
Cooraclare (Irish: Cuar an Chláir, meaning 'recess of the plain'), is a village near Kilrush, in County Clare, Ireland, and a Catholic parish by the same name.
Location
The village of Cooraclare is in the parish of Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Kilrush on the road from Kilrush to Miltown Malbay. The old name for the parish is Kilmacduane, which was joined for a while to the parish of Kilmihil. In 1848 the two were again separated and Cooraclare took its present name. The parish includes the village of Cree, at times spelled Creegh.[1]
The parish has two churches, St Senan's in Cooraclare and St Mary's in Cree.[2]
Cooraclare lies on the River Doonbeg.[3]
Sport and culture
Cooraclare have won the Clare Senior Football Championship in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1944, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1986 and 1997, and also hosts the Rose Of Clare Festival every year in August.
A song associated with Cooraclare is entitled "The Chapel Gate Of Cooraclare".
People
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1831 | 140 | — |
| 1841 | 178 | +27.1% |
| 1851 | 167 | −6.2% |
| 1861 | 201 | +20.4% |
| 1871 | 171 | −14.9% |
| 1881 | 163 | −4.7% |
| 1891 | 152 | −6.7% |
| 1901 | 125 | −17.8% |
| 1911 | 111 | −11.2% |
| 1926 | 80 | −27.9% |
| 1936 | 86 | +7.5% |
| 1946 | 98 | +14.0% |
| 1951 | 104 | +6.1% |
| 1956 | 112 | +7.7% |
| 1961 | 94 | −16.1% |
| 1966 | 91 | −3.2% |
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Famous natives or residents include:
- Brendan Daly, politician and former government minister
- Tom Morrissey, Gaelic footballer for Clare
- Seán Kinsella, chef who was born in Cooraclare
- Ryan Tubridy's great-grandfather was from the area. In March 2010, Tubridy presented his RTÉ Radio One programme from Cooraclare.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Cooraclare (Kilmacduane)". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) Churches". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Doonbeg River". Clare.ie. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Central Statistics Office : Census 2011". Cso.ie. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website". Histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
