Clarina Village

Clarina
Clár Aidhne
Village
Clarina

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°38′02″N 08°43′47″W / 52.63389°N 8.72972°W / 52.63389; -8.72972Coordinates: 52°38′02″N 08°43′47″W / 52.63389°N 8.72972°W / 52.63389; -8.72972
Country  Ireland
Province Munster
County County Limerick
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Clarina (Irish: Clár Aidhne) is a village in County Limerick in the province of Munster, Ireland.[1] It lies between Mungret and Kildimo on the N69 National Route about 6 miles west of Limerick city close to the River Maigue. The Maigue is a tributary of the River Shannon and enters the Shannon estuary between Limerick city and the mouth of the Deel river, Askeaton, county Limerick.

Clarina is within the Patrickswell-Ballybrown parish. The main area of interest is the nearby location of Carrigogunnell Castle.

Schools

Clarina has a National School called St. Josephs N.S (mixed),[2]

History

see also Carrigogunnell Castle

Clarina Castle - Also known as Elm Park. Designed by the Pains, for 3rd Baron Clarina, in the late 1820s with further work by Rawson Carroll in the 1880s. Demolished in the 1960s [3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ↑ St. Josephs National School Web site
  3. ↑ http://archiseek.com/2012/clarina-castle-co-limerick/
  4. ↑ http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Media,4111,en.pdf


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