Cooraclare

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.

Cooraclare Cuar an Chláir
Village
Cooraclare Church
Cooraclare Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°42′14″N 9°25′06″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

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

Historical population

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%
[4][5]

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.

See also

Village sign

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Cooraclare (Kilmacduane)". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
2. "Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) Churches". Diocese of Killaloe. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
3. "Doonbeg River". Clare.ie. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
4. "Central Statistics Office : Census 2011". Cso.ie. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
5. "Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website". Histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2014.