Whitegate () is a village on the R352 regional road in northeastern

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

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. New houses have been built along the main street. Local

pubs A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

include 'The Half Barrel' and 'The Nightingale'. It is part of the Catholic parish

Mountshannon-Whitegate Mountshannon-Whitegate, formerly Clonrush, is a parish in County Clare and part of the Inis Cealtra grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. Current (2022) co-parish priest is Joe McMahon. The parish is an amalgamatio ...

. The former local church, which had been in disuse for some years, is now a warehouse and lumberyard. A newer church has been erected in 1969.

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Towns and villages in County Clare {{Clare-geo-stub

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