Cooraclare a village near Kilrush

Kilrush

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, in County Clare

County Clare

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, was formally part of the parish of Kilmacduane. Nearby is the village of Cree

Cree (Creegh)

Cree or Creegh is a small village in West County Clare in Ireland. It is situated at a crossroads near the towns of Doonbeg and Cooraclare. The nearest large towns are Kilrush and Ennis which are 7 miles and 26 miles away respectively. The Central Statistics Office 2006 census puts the population...

 which is in the parish of Cooraclare.

Amenities

There is a primary school, Montessori school, three public house

Public house

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s O' Doherty's, O'Keeffe's and Tubridy's is also a guest house, a post office (Garry's) two shops Daly's and Tom Macs country shop and a flower shop.
Old Parochial House (c1872), a former Parish Priets's house provides self catering in restored stables.
The community centre in the village was inaugurated in 1993 and also there is a sports complex added to it the following year. The previous community centre was the Marion Hall situated at the back of Tom McNamaras country shop.
It also has a GAA Sports Field situated just outside the village in the townland of Carhue.

People

There is about 140 people living in the village. Famous people include Fianna Fáil Senator and former Minister For Social Welfare & Defence Brendan Daly and Tom Morrissey who played football for Clare

Clare GAA

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 in the 1992 Munster Senior Football Championship

Munster Senior Football Championship

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 Final. (Beating Kerry

Kerry GAA

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)

Colonel James Hickey who was a commander of the Us Army's 4th Infantry Division 1st brigade in Iraq that found Saddam Hussein

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 in 2003. His father James Sr came from Cooraclare and moved to Chicago when he was 18.

In March 2010 Ryan Tubridy

Ryan Tubridy

Ryan Tubridy , affectionately known as "Tubs", is an Irish broadcaster and writer, a presenter of live shows on radio and television in Ireland. He has been described as "one of Ireland's most gifted broadcasters"...

, Daytime radio host and presenter of The Late Late Show

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, presented his popular RTÉ Radio One programme from Tubridys Bar & Restaurant in Cooraclare where he said his great grandfather came from. Among the guests who appeared on the show were RTÉ commentator Marty Morrisey. Commenting on his visit to Cooraclare, Tubridy said: "We had the nicest welcome. It was such a joy to meet all the Tubridys from the town and the surrounding counties."

Sport and culture

Cooraclare 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 famous song associated with Cooraclare is entitled 'The Chapel Gate Of Cooraclare.'

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland