Cross ()
is a townland and small village in
County Clare
County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...
, Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of
Cross
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.
Location
The village of Cross is located on the
Loop Head Peninsula, west of
Carrigaholt on the road to
Kilbaha. It is the civil parish of
Kilballyowen.
The name could be derived from a cross related to the old church of Killballyowen.
It is more likely that the village is named after a once important road crossing as Cross is located in the center of the Loop Head Peninsula.
Facilities
Cross is home of the local
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
(GAA) club.
The GAA football club of Naomh Eoin was founded on 6 January 1974. It is based at Pairc Eoin.
The village gives its name to the parish of Cross (Kilballyowen) 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 ...
.
Cross contains the parish church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Clare
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