Cree or Creegh () is a small village in

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. It is situated at a crossroads near the villages of Doonbeg and Cooraclare in the west of the county. The nearest large towns are

Kilrush Kilrush () is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. ...

and

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which are away respectively. In Dromheilly Cree there is a shrine which August has a week of masses. Cree is in the ecclesiastical parish of Cree/Cooraclare parish and in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe The Diocese of Killaloe ( ; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in mid-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Ss Peter a ...

. Nearby villages and small towns include

Cooraclare Cooraclare () is a village near Kilrush, in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and a Cooraclare (parish), Catholic parish by the same name. Location The village of Cooraclare is in the parish of Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) in the Roman Cat ...

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, Mullagh, Quilty,

Kilmihil Kilmihil () is a village in the Barony of Clonderlaw, in west County Clare, Ireland. It is also a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare G ...

Kilkee Kilkee () is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the parish of Kilkee ''(formerly Kilfearagh)''. Kilkee is midway between Kilrush and Doonbeg on the N67 road and is a popular seaside resort. The horseshoe bay is pro ...

and

Milltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point, County Clare, Spanish Point. The population was 921 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Name There is a townland on the souther ...

History

In the 15th and 16th centuries the land in Clare was divided into

baronies Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

. Cree comes from the Irish word ''Críoch'' meaning the end, which was because the village was situated at the border of one of these baronies Ibrickane and Corca Bhaiscin.

Amenities

Serving the area is a Catholic church (Saint Mary's) one public house, a fast food restaurant, two primary schools (Cree and Clohanbeg closed in 2023), a preschool, a community centre, a garage, a hair and beauty business and a shop/deli. Clean Ireland Recycling's headquarters are located in Cree. There are several guest houses and bed & breakfast located in Cree and vicinity.

Geography

Most of the people living around Cree are involved in

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and the majority of the land is used for

dairy farming Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for the long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for the eventual sale of a dairy product. Dairy farming has a h ...

. The Creegh River flows through the village and enters the

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at Doughmore Bay near Doonbeg.

People

* Patrick Kelly (1905–1976), fiddle player * Patrick Kelly (1875–1934), politician, was born in nearby Clonina

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{{County Clare Towns and villages in County Clare

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