Ardnacrusha
Ardnacrusha is a village in County Clare, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the River Shannon. By road, it is 6.6 kilometres north of Limerick. The name derives from the phrase Ard na Croise meaning "the height of the cross", due to a large cross marker placed there in 1111 to mark the boundary of the Diocese of Limerick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 1,410 residents
- Description: town in County Clare, Ireland
- Also known as: “Castlebank”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shannon hydroelectric scheme and St Munchin’s College.
Shannon hydroelectric scheme
Power station
The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a hydroelectric power station located near Ardnacrusha within County Clare approximately 2.4 kilometres from the Limerick border.
St Munchin’s College
School
St. Munchin's College is a boys–only Roman Catholic secondary school in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded by The Most Reverend John Young, Bishop of Limerick in 1796. St Munchin’s College is situated 3 km south of Ardnacrusha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parteen and Ballycannan.
Parteen
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parteen is a village in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the townland of the same name that is part of the civil parish of St Patrick's. It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Parteen-Meelick-Coonagh in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.
Ballycannan
Village
Ballycannan is a village in County Clare, Ireland. Ballycannan is situated 2½ km west of Ardnacrusha.
Athlunkard
Hamlet
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athlunkard is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km south of Ardnacrusha.
Ardnacrusha
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70838° or 52° 42′ 30″ northLongitude
-8.61382° or 8° 36′ 50″ westPopulation
1,410Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
9C4HP95P+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 52260674OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2966906Wikidata ID
Q2752171
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Ardnacrusha” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ardnacrusha”
- Breton: “Ardnacrusha”
- Catalan: “Ardnacrusha”
- Cebuano: “Ardnacrusha”
- Dutch: “Ardnacrusha”
- French: “Ardnacrusha”
- German: “Ardnacrusha”
- Irish: “Ard na Croise”
- Italian: “Ardnacrusha”
- Lithuanian: “Adnakrušas”
- Russian: “Арднакраша”
- Spanish: “Ardnacrusha”
- Swedish: “Ardnacrusha”
- Uzbek: “Ardnacrusha”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ardnacrusha Tennis Club and Ardnacrusha Pitch & Putt Golf Course.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ardnacrusha”. Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.