Oola
Sign in to savethumb|Approach to Oola on the N24 road (Ireland)|N24 Oola ( or ) is a village in County Limerick in Ireland. It is near the border with County Tipperary in the midwest of the country. The village is home to a Catholic church (Church of the Sacred Heart), a petrol station, a convenience store, two public houses, a GAA pitch, a post office, a takeaway, a betting shop, a credit union, a hall, and a chemist. As of the 2016 census, Oola had a population of 324 inhabitants. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
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Place details
- Locality
- The Municipal District of Cappamore — Kilmallock
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- View of Oola.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Oola view from nearby Prospect Hill, facing northeast. Above the town is the Hill of Oola, and beyond are the Silvermine Mountains.
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- Ireland
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- bottom
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- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
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- County
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Limerick
- Population
- +324
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- View of Oola.jpg
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- County Limerick
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thumb|Approach to Oola on the N24 road (Ireland)|N24 Oola ( or ) is a village in County Limerick in Ireland. It is near the border with County Tipperary in the midwest of the country. The village is home to a Catholic church (Church of the Sacred Heart), a petrol station, a convenience store, two public houses, a GAA pitch, a post office, a takeaway, a betting shop, a credit union, a hall, and a chemist. As of the 2016 census, Oola had a population of 324 inhabitants. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
==History== The ruins of Oola Castle stand close to the village and in 1825, some large and perfect antlers of the Irish elk were discovered; and, in 1828, a brazen trumpet, and spear and arrowheads of bronze were found, which were placed in the museum of Trinity College, Dublin.