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Rathkeale
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Rathkeale () is a town in west County Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, County Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. The town 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
1,550
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.name
Rathkeale
Settlement.native_name_lang
ga
Settlement.image_skyline
Art deco cinema, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 581939.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Rathkeale main street, with former Central Cinema
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Ireland
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
45
Settlement.blank_name_sec1
Irish Grid Reference
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
County Limerick
Settlement.population_total
1,441
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
County Limerick
Elevation
45
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Art deco cinema, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 581939.jpg
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Commons category
Rathkeale
Irish Grid Reference
R360420
historic county
County Limerick
native label
Ráth Caola
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • People
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Rathkeale () is a town in west County Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, County Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

It has a significant Irish Traveller population, and since 1995, almost half the town residents have been members of the travelling community. Rathkeale also has the largest concentration of descendants of the German Palatines who immigrated to Ireland in the early 18th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rathkeale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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