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County Clare (Irish: Contae an Chláir) is a county in the province of Munster in the Southern part of Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 127,938 at the 2022 census. [5] The county seat and largest settlement is Ennis.
Knock (Irish: An Cnoc, meaning 'the hill') [1] is a village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located at the northern banks of Clonderalaw Bay which is connected to the River Shannon, and the R486 road passes through the village. According to the geographer Samuel Lewis, the parish contained 180 inhabitants in 1837. [2]
Kilrush (Irish: Cill Rois, meaning 'Church of the Woods') is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish [2] and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. Kilrush is one of the listed Heritage Towns of Ireland.
Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe) is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village, by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The castle and the adjoining folk park are run by Shannon Heritage as tourist attractions.
Quin (Irish: Cuinche, meaning 'Arbutus' [2]) is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The name also refers to a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, and to an ecclesiastical parish of the same name. The main attraction in the vicinity is Quin Abbey, the ruins of Franciscan friary, which is open to the public. Although roofless ...
Spancill Hill or Spancilhill (Ordnance Survey spelling Spancel Hill for the hill [1] and settlement, [2] Spancelhill for the electoral division; [3] [1] Irish: Cnoc Uarchoille [1]) is a hill and adjacent dispersed settlement in County Clare, Ireland.
Broadford (Irish: Áth Leathan) [1] is a small village in eastern County Clare, Ireland and a Catholic parish of the same name.. The hamlet was immortalised by The Waterboys in the instrumental 'The Trip to Broadford.'
Liscannor (Irish: Lios Ceannúir, meaning 'ringfort of Ceannúr') [7] [8] is a coastal village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located on the R478 road between Lahinch and Doolin, close to the Cliffs of Moher. As of the 2016 census it had a population of 113. [1]