Crecora Explained

Official Name:Crecora
Native Name:Irish: Craobh Chomhartha
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:52.5747°N -8.6681°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Limerick
Unit Pref:Metric
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Crecora (;)[1] is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately 8miles from Limerick city. The village is partly in a civil parish of the same name.[1]

The small village has a school, stone yard, garden centre, GAA pitch (of Crecora/Manister GAA), post office and a Roman Catholic church. This church, Saints Peter and Paul's church, was built in 1864 and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crecora / Craobh Chomhartha . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 12 August 2019 .
  2. Web site: Saints Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Skehanagh, Crecora, County Limerick . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 27 December 2020 .
  3. Web site: Crecora Church . mcrparish.com . 27 December 2020 .