Scarriff
Sign in to saveScarriff or Scariff () is a large village in east County Clare, in the midwest of Ireland. The town is on the west end of Lough Derg and is best known for its harbour. The Scarriff Market House is easily recognisable, and it is therefore often used to represent the town. For census purposes, Scarriff and neighbouring Tuamgraney form the census settlement of Scarriff-Tuamgraney, which had a population of 854 at the 2022 census.
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- Settlement.name
- Scariff
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- ga
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- Village
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Munster
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- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Clare
- Elevation
- +45
- Time zone
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- Scariff.jpg
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Scarriff or Scariff () is a large village in east County Clare, in the midwest of Ireland. The town is on the west end of Lough Derg and is best known for its harbour. The Scarriff Market House is easily recognisable, and it is therefore often used to represent the town. For census purposes, Scarriff and neighbouring Tuamgraney form the census settlement of Scarriff-Tuamgraney, which had a population of 854 at the 2022 census.
==Location== The name "Scarriff" comes from the Irish "scarbh", which may mean either a shallow, a rocky shore or a rough ford. All of these are appropriate to the early town, which lies at a crossing on the River Graney upstream from its mouth on Lough Derg. In 1831 the town of Scarriff had 120 houses, as well as oil and flour mills. There was one main street running up from the river. The small market town is popular with anglers who fish the Graney, the Shannon and Lough O'Grady, which is two miles west of the town. The town of Scariff is in the Catholic parish of Scariff and Moynoe. Parish churches are the Sacred Heart in Scariff and St Mary's in Clonusker. Scarriff is on the route of the East Clare Way walking trail. Tuamgraney and Inis Cealtra are nearby.