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]