Fedamore () is a small village in

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. As of the 2016 census, Fedamore had a population of 329 people. It is also a

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in the ancient

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- civil parish of Fedamore.

Location

Fedamore is located in east County Limerick roughly 10 miles/16 kilometres from

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 c ...

. Nearby villages include

Crecora Crecora (; ) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located approximately from Limerick city. The small village has a school, stone yard, garden centre, GAA pitch (of Crecora/Manister GAA), post office and a Roman Catholic church. This ch ...

, Manister,

Croom Croom () is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located just off the N20 (which has bypassed the town since 2001) on the River Maigue. It is 8 km southeast of Adare on the N20. History Cromadh (now Croom) was a village in th ...

, Ballyneety and Meanus. The village is just off the R511 regional road and is situated on a small hill roughly 90 metres in height. Fedamore is in the Limerick County

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constituency and in the Adare/

Rathkeale 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. Rathkeale has a significant Irish Traveller population, and ...

local election constituency.

History

The name Fedamore comes from the

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''Fiadh Damair'' or ''Feadaimir'', meaning "the wood of Damar", referring to a local Gaelic chieftain. Fairs were held in Fedamore on 5 May and on 9 October. Castles were located at Englishtown, Rockstown and Williamstown and the latter two have ruins still intact. There are remains of an abbey in Friarstown in a field which marks the border between Fedamore and Donoughmore parishes. At Fanningstown and Rockstown, there are old disused graveyards. St. Patrick's well is located at Kilpeacon which is in Fedamore parish although in reality is located far closer to

village. An old well called St. John's well seems to have been lost, as has the mass rock at Rockstown. The present day church was built in 1830.

Amenities

Fedamore has a church, two national schools (at Fedamore and

Carnane Carnane is a townland in the parish of Fedamore, in County Limerick, Ireland. Neighbouring townlands include Fanningstown to the west, Arywee and Williamstown to the east, Boherlode to the north, and Enaghroe and Poultaloon to the south. I ...

), one pub, a community hall, a

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field and four housing estates: Cluain Ard, Castlequarter Heights, Ballyea Close and Clohessy Park. Local organisations include a hall committee,

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, and ICA guild, a pastoral council and a community alert scheme.

Sports

Fedamore GAA Fedamore GAA club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Fedamore, County Limerick, Ireland. The club fields teams in both hurling and Gaelic football. The club has won the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship on two occasions in 1912 and 1 ...

, the local

club, is primarily involved in

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

and has a pitch in Boolavoord. The club won two Limerick Senior Hurling Championships in 1912 and 1927. Fedamore inter-county hurler

Paddy Clohessy Patrick Clohessy (16 April 1908 – 6 August 1971) was an Irish sportsperson and politician. He played hurling for his local club Fedamore and at senior level for the Limerick county team from 1928 until 1940. He later became a Fianna Fáil ...

won

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

s in 1934, 1936 and 1940. The club now competes at Junior A level, while at underage they combine with neighbouring clubs to field teams.

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

is played at Junior B level and Fedamore reached the county final in 2013, but were beaten by Feenagh/Kilmeedy.

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(soccer) is also played in the parish and the local team, Castle Rovers, play in Williamstown and compete in Division 2A in the Limerick & District Junior Soccer League. Fedamore Villa is the over-40s soccer side. Other sports groups in the parish include the Fedamore & District Gun Club, Fedamore Coursing Club, the Fedamore Powerlifting Club and the Fedamore Foot Beagles. Darts tournaments are also held in The Ranch bar.

References

External links

*http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Fedamoreparish *https://web.archive.org/web/20140427080804/http://muintir.ie/fedamore/ {{Ireland counties Towns and villages in County Limerick Civil parishes of County Limerick