Crecora
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Crecora
Craobh Chomhartha | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°34′29″N 8°40′5″W / 52.57472°N 8.66806°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Limerick |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | R547472 |
Crecora (/ˈkrɛkoʊrə/; Irish: Craobh Chomhartha, meaning "tree of (the) sign")[1] is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately 8 miles (13 km) 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]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Crecora / Craobh Chomhartha". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Saints Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Skehanagh, Crecora, County Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Crecora Church". mcrparish.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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