Adare
Sign in to saveAdare (; ) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located southwest of the city of Limerick. Adare is designated as a heritage town by the Irish government. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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Place details
- Locality
- The Municipal District of Adare — Rathkeale
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,129
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.name
- Adare
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- gle
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- Adare.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street
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- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Limerick
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- Dáil Éireann
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Limerick County
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- Metric
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Desmond Castle
- Augustinian Priory
- Franciscan Abbey
- Trinitarian Abbey
- Adare Manor
- Architecture
- Economy
- Schools
- Transport
- Sport
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Adare (; ) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located southwest of the city of Limerick. Adare is designated as a heritage town by the Irish government. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
==History== The River Maigue is tidal as far as Adare, with the settlement forming around the eastern bank of the Maigue overlooking the fording point from which the village gets its name. An annalistic reference is made in the medieval Annals of Inisfallen at AI982.4 "The Tree of Mag Adar was broken by Leth Cuinn". Owing to the strategic importance of the river crossing the Desmond castle was built overlooking the site near Ardshanbally (derived from Ard an tSeanbhaile - 'high ground of the old town'), and was first mentioned in 1226. Historically a market town, in the Middle Ages, Adare had three monasteries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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