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Mungret
Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located close to Limerick City on the N69 national secondary road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett, was built in 1981; and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Mungret St. Pauls GAA. Places of interest Mungret Abbey, approximately east of the village, is a medieval friary and designated National Monument within the parish. Close to the abbey is Mungret College, a (former) Jesuit secondary school. See also * List of towns and villages in County Limerick This is a list of towns and villages in County Limerick, Ireland. A *Abbeyfeale - ''(Mainistir na Féile)'' * Abington - ''(Mainistir Uaithne)'' * Adare - ''(Áth Dara)'' * Ahane - ''(Atháin)'' *Anglesboro - ''(Gleann na gCreabhar)'' *Annacot ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret Abbey
Mungret Abbey is a medieval friary and National Monument located near Mungret in County Limerick, Ireland. Location Mungret Abbey is located immediately west of Dooradoyle and northeast of Mungret College, southwest of Limerick city centre, to the south of the Shannon Estuary. History Mungret was an early monastic site, founded before AD 551 by Saint Nessan (Neasán) the Deacon. At one point there may have been as many as 1,500 monks and six churches operating in competition to attract followers. Some offered free loaves and salted fish to entice followers to their ceremonies on special occasions. The first Thursday of every month was devoted to developing good habits, and monks were encouraged to chant for their supper, after devout prayer. John O'Donovan claimed a fourth-century date, predating Saint Patrick. In 908, Cormac mac Cuilennáin, King of Munster, gifted the abbey three ounces of gold and a satin chasuble. It was plundered on four occasions in the 9th century by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret GAA
Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located close to Limerick City on the N69 national secondary road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett, was built in 1981; and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Mungret St. Pauls GAA. Places of interest Mungret Abbey, approximately east of the village, is a medieval friary and designated National Monument within the parish. Close to the abbey is Mungret College, a (former) Jesuit , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders ... secondary school. See also * List of towns and villages in County Limerick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret College
Mungret College was a Jesuit apostolic school and a lay secondary school near Limerick, Ireland. Located on the western outskirts of the modern-day suburban town of Raheen, it was operational from 1882 until 1974 when it closed as a school for the last time. The college produced over 1000 priests in that period. It had previously been an agricultural college and a Limerick diocesan seminary until 1888. The secondary school was relatively small, with around 225 boarders and 25 day boarders. Mungret was one of a number of Jesuit schools founded in Ireland. History Pre-1882 In 1881 the Commissioners of Education had opened an agricultural college near the village of Mungret, from which Mungret College takes its name. This was largely due to the influence of Lord Monteagle of Brandon, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Government and a good Irish landlord. It was built to accommodate seventy to eighty students but never had more than fourteen students and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limerick City
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 census, Limerick is the third-most populous urban area in the state, and the fourth-most populous city on the island of Ireland at the 2011 census. The city lies on the River Shannon, with the historic core of the city located on King's Island, which is bounded by the Shannon and Abbey Rivers. Limerick is also located at the head of the Shannon Estuary, where the river widens before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Limerick City and County Council is the local authority for the city. Geography and political subdivisions At the 2016 census, the Metropolitan District of Limerick had a population of 104,952. On 1 June 2014 following the merger of Limerick City and County Council, a new Metropolitan District of Limerick was formed within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N69 Road (Ireland)
The N69 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It runs from Limerick to Tralee and passes through Mungret, Clarina, Kildimo, Askeaton (bypassed), Foynes, Loghill, Glin, Tarbert, and Listowel. Upgrades The N22/N69 Tralee Bypass opened on 16 August 2013. Four kilometres of dual carriageway were added to the N69, the first such section to be included in this route. The N69 now terminates at the Ballingowan Roundabout on the N22/N69 Tralee Bypass. Route The N69 start at Limerick on the N18 west Limerick bypass which was opened in 2010. It pass though the villages of Mungret, Clarina, Ferrybridge and Kildimo. This section of N69 is the busiest with average traffic volumes of 8,000 daily. It passed Askeaton, which was bypassed since 1990 with 5km of good standard road. After passing though port town of Foynes, it also pass though villages of Loghill and Glin before crossing into County Kerry. In Tarbert it has a junction for N67 before left for Listowel. Some sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket) ( ga, Oilibhéar Pluincéid), (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland who was the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, thus becoming the first new Irish saint in almost seven hundred years. Biography Oliver Plunkett was born on 1 November 1625 (earlier biographers gave his date of birth as 1 November 1629, but 1625 has been the consensus since the 1930s) in Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland, to well-to-do parents with Hiberno-Norman ancestors. A grandson of James Plunket, 8th Baron Killeen (died 1595), he was related by birth to a number of landed families, such as the recently ennobled Earls of Roscommon, as well as the long-established Earls of Fingall, Lords Louth, and Lords Dunsany. Until his sixteenth year, the boy's education was entrusted to his cousin Patrick Plunkett, Abbot of St Mary's, Dublin and brother of Luke Plunkett, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Limerick
"Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Southern (Mid-West) , seat_type = County town , seat = Limerick and Newcastle West , leader_title = Local authority , leader_name = Limerick City and County Council , leader_title2 = Dáil constituencies , leader_name2 = Limerick City and Limerick County , leader_title3 = EP constituency , leader_name3 = South , area_total_km2 = 2756 , area_rank = 10th , blank_name_sec1 = Vehicle indexmark code , blank_info_sec1 = L (since 2014)LK (1987–2013) , population = 205444 , population_density_km2 = 74.544 , population_rank = 9th , population_demonym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns And Villages In County Limerick
This is a list of towns and villages in County Limerick, Ireland. A *Abbeyfeale - ''(Mainistir na Féile)'' * Abington - ''(Mainistir Uaithne)'' * Adare - ''(Áth Dara)'' * Ahane - ''(Atháin)'' *Anglesboro - ''(Gleann na gCreabhar)'' *Annacotty - ''(Áth na Coite/Áth an Choite)'' * Ardagh - ''(Árdach/Árdachadh)'' * Ardpatrick - ''(Árd Pádraig)'' *Ashford - ''(Áth na bhFuinseog)'' *Askeaton - ''(Eas Géitine/Eas Géibhtine/Eas Géiphtine)'' *Athea - ''(Áth an tSléibhe)'' *Athlacca - ''(An tÁth Leacach)'' B * Ballingarry - ''(Baile an Gharraí/Baile an Gharrdha)'' *Ballyagran - ''(Béal Átha Grean)'' * Ballyhahill - ''(Baile Dhá Thuile/Baile Uí Sháithil)'' *Ballylanders - ''(Baile an Londraigh)'' *Ballyneety - ''(Baile an Fhaoitigh)'' * Ballyorgan - ''(Baile Uí Argáin)'' * Ballysteen - ''(Baile Stiabhna)'' * Banogue - ''(An Bhánóg)'' *Barna - ''(An Bhearna)'' * Barringtonsbridge - ''(Droichead Barrington)'' *Bohermore - ''(An Bóthar Mhór)'' * Broadford - ''(B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Limerick
The Diocese of Limerick (Irish: ''Deoise Luimnigh'') is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral in Limerick. The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy. Geography The diocese is divided into 60 parishes, which are spread across three counties: 57 in Limerick, 18 of which are in the Limerick city area, two in Clare, and one between Limerick and Kerry. The parishes are grouped into 16 Pastoral Units, where groups of priests are appointed to cover a number of parishes between them. As of 2018, there were 65 priests in active ministry, 27 of whom were over the age of 65. Aside from the cathedral city of Limerick, the main towns in the diocese are Abbeyfeale, Adare, Kilmallock, Newcastle West, and Rathkeale. Ordinaries The following is a list of the ten most recent bishops: * Charles Tuohy (1814–1828) * John Ryan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
, image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = , founding_location = , type = Order of clerics regular of pontifical right (for men) , headquarters = Generalate:Borgo S. Spirito 4, 00195 Roma-Prati, Italy , coords = , region_served = Worldwide , num_members = 14,839 members (includes 10,721 priests) as of 2020 , leader_title = Motto , leader_name = la, Ad Majorem Dei GloriamEnglish: ''For the Greater Glory of God'' , leader_title2 = Superior General , leader_name2 = Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ , leader_title3 = Patron saints , leader_name3 = , leader_title4 = Ministry , leader_name4 = Missionary, educational, literary works , main_organ = La Civiltà Cattolica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
