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Rathkeale
Sign in to saveRathkeale () 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
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- 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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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.