Castleconnell
Sign in to saveCastleconnell (, historically Caisleán Uí Chonaing) is a town in County Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon. It is from Limerick city and near the boundaries of County Clare and County Tipperary.
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Place details
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,107
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.name
- Castleconnell
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- gle
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- IMG Castleconnel3073.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Junction of Main Street and Station Road in Castleconnell
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Limerick
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 2107
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Limerick
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- IMG Castleconnel3073.jpg
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- Commons category
- Castleconnell
- Irish Grid Reference
- R660627
- historic county
- County Clare
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Caisleán Uí Chonaill
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Fishing
- Sport
- Gaelic games
- Boxing
- Rowing
- Transport
- Administration
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Castleconnell (, historically Caisleán Uí Chonaing) is a town in County Limerick on the banks of the River Shannon. It is from Limerick city and near the boundaries of County Clare and County Tipperary.
==History== thumb|Facade of Mountshannon House The ruins of the Castle of Connell ( or originally ), from which the name of the town derives, was built on a rock outcrop overlooking the bend of the river. It was destroyed in a siege by the army of General Ginkel, fighting in support of the Williamite Army of William of Orange at the end of the 17th century. A large chunk of the castle wall now lies approximately fifty feet from the castle, thrown clear by siege cannons. A footbridge over the Shannon – built during The Emergency (1939–45) by the Irish Army under Captain Carley Owens – connects counties Limerick and Clare.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castleconnell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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