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Duagh () is a village in County Kerry,
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, located approximately 9 km southeast of
Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: ˆlʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuÉ™hÉ™lʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the CSO Census 2016. Desc ...
and 7 km northwest of
Abbeyfeale Abbeyfeale (; ) is a historic market town in County Limerick, Ireland, near the border with County Kerry. The town is on the N21 road from Limerick to Tralee, some south-west of Newcastle West and south-east of Listowel and north-east of Tr ...
on the R555 regional road. Duagh is a dormitory village for Listowel and Abbeyfeale and a local service centre for the rural hinterland. There is one shop, three public houses, two housing estates, a hardware store and petrol station/shop which are located on the village’s only street at the centre of the village. Social facilities include a church and heritage/community hall and a
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Club located at the centre of the village. The local primary school is also located in the village centre.


Population

The population of the Duagh Electoral Division increased during the intercensal period 1996-2002. In 2002 the population was recorded as 469 persons (CSO). This equates to an increase of 4.5%. Preliminary figures for the 2006 census show this increase slowing to 3%. In 1837 the village had a population of 210. As of the 2016 census, the village had 222 inhabitants.


Education

Duagh National School is a mixed school with 175 pupils. The original school was built in 1876.


Sport

The village is home to Duagh GAA club which owns of a playing field. Duagh's first county championship came in 2002 when they won the
Kerry Novice Football Championship The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (or Kerry GAA), one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, organises sports competitions for the county's clubs. Leagues a ...
. In 2006 they won the
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, and went on to win the
Munster Junior Club Football Championship The Munster Junior Club Football Championship, formally known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Junior Club Football Championship, is a Gaelic football competition, organized by the Munster provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic ...
. Duagh then reached the
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition which began in 2002 and is played by the junior club champions of each county. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held. The winners of each cou ...
final, but lost by a single point to Greencastle of
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in Croke Park. Duagh players who have formerly played with Kerry's senior county panel include Anthony Maher, JJ Costelloe, Dan McCaulliffe and Des Dillon. Duagh GAA club won the North Kerry Football 2012 Championship final beating Beale GAA club. This was their first win in 50 years.


Media

The village and its surrounding area were used as one of the filming locations for the Game of Thrones series. This included some of the wooded scenes from season 1 and 2.


See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland


References

{{County Kerry Towns and villages in County Kerry Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names