Knock, County Clare Explained

Knock
Native Name:Irish: An Cnoc
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 Clare
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.62°N -9.24°W
Elevation M:5
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Knock [1] is a village in County Clare, Ireland. It is located at the northern banks of Clonderalaw Bay which is connected to the River Shannon, and the R486 road passes through the village.

According to the geographer Samuel Lewis, the parish contained 180 inhabitants in 1837.[2] The 2006 population census portrayed continuing depopulation, counting 228 inhabitants compared to 252 inhabitants in 2002.[3]

The River Crompaun, which enters the Shannon near Knock, was the subject of questions in Dáil Éireann in 1949 when 14 sluices had broken down. The Commissioners of Public Works were not responsible for the repair according to minister Michael Donnelan.[4] The fate of the sluices is unknown.

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References

  1. Web site: An Cnoc/Knock . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 24 October 2021.
  2. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/knock1837.htm County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 by Samuel Lewis
  3. http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Volume%201%20-%20Table%206.pdf Census 2006
  4. Web site: Broken Sluices at Knock, County Clare . 2011-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925205026/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0118/D.0118.194912140030.html . 2012-09-25 . dead .
  5. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/bawn.htm The Colleen Bawn (1803–1819)