Carrigkerry (Irish: Carraig Chiarraí)[2] is a village and townland in County Limerick, Ireland. The village is located in the civil parish of Ardagh,[2] on the R523 regional road. Carrigkerry is a census town, and had a population of 184 as of the 2016 census.[1]
Carrigkerry
Carraig Chiarraí | |
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Village | |
_(cropped).jpg) The R523 regional road near Carrigkerry | |
  Carrigkerry Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°29′40″N 9°08′55″W / 52.4945°N 9.1487°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Population | 184 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R219387 |
Carrigkerry is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick in the parish of Ardagh & Carrigkerry [3] The local church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built in 1878.[4] The local national (primary) school, Carrigkerry National School, had an enrollment of 52 pupils as of 2017.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Carrigkerry (Census Town) Ireland". City Population. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Carraig Chiarraí / Carrigkerry". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Parish of Ardagh & Carrigkerry". ardaghcarrigkerryparish.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Carrigkerry, Carrigkerry, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Curriculum Evaluation Report - Carrickerry NS" (PDF). Department of Education. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2021.