Murroogh (), sometimes named ''Murrooghtoohy'' or ''Murroghtwohy'', is a
hamlet in
County Clare,
Ireland. It covers the
townlands of Murrooghtoohy North and Murrooghtoohy South. It is within the civil parish of
Gleninagh
Gleninagh or Glaninagh ( ga, Gleann Eidhneach) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the extreme northwest of the Burren, on the south of the mouth of Galway Bay. It is known for the well-preserved L-plan Gleninagh Castle, a 1 ...
, in the
Barony of Burren
The Barony of Burren is a geographical division of County Clare, Ireland, that in turn is divided into civil parishes. It covers a large part of the Burren.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions ...
.
Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845
/ref> The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht; an Irish-speaking
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was th ...
community; until 1956.
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Clare
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