Carrigkerry Explained

Carrigkerry
Native Name:Irish: Carraig Chiarraí
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Limerick
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:184
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.4945°N -9.1487°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Carrigkerry [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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carrigkerry (Census Town) Ireland . City Population . 31 May 2021 .
  2. Web site: Carraig Chiarraí / Carrigkerry . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 31 May 2021 .
  3. Web site: Parish of Ardagh & Carrigkerry . ardaghcarrigkerryparish.com . 31 May 2021 .
  4. Web site: Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Carrigkerry, Carrigkerry, Limerick . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 31 May 2021 .
  5. Web site: Curriculum Evaluation Report - Carrickerry NS . Department of Education . 14 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215746/https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Curriculum-Evaluations-in-Primary-Schools/11280T_CEM_5020_20170215.pdf. 2 June 2021 .