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) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 112 |
| • Rural | 548 |
| 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]
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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There are about 140 people living in the village.
Famous natives or residents include:
- Former government minister Brendan Daly
- Tom Morrissey, who played football for Clare in the 1992 Munster Senior Football Championship Final
- Chef Seán Kinsella was born in Cooraclare
- A great-grandfather of RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy. In March 2010 Tubridy presented his popular RTÉ Radio One programme from Tubridy's Bar & Restaurant in Cooraclare.
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".
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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
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