Mullagh ()
is a village in
County Clare
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,
Ireland
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. It lies not far from the
Atlantic
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coast, some 5 km southeast of
Quilty and 6.5 km south-southeast of
Spanish Point. Nearby towns include
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 ...
(7 km to the north) and
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. ...
(22 km to the south).
Parish
The village of Mullagh is the centre of the parish of
Kilmurry Ibrickane 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 ...
. The local church is named St. Mary's.
Amenities
Mullagh
National School, located at the top of Mullagh Hill, has undergone much enlargement and many changes over the years, its latest extension having been officially opened on 23 June 2008. It also has a takeaway, three pubs, a community hall, a sports field and track, one shop and a church with a cemetery.
Sport
The local
Gaelic football
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team is
Kilmurry Ibrickane GAA, playing in
Quilty, but with their training complex in Mullagh. The club were winners of the
Munster
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football final in 2004 and 2009 and of the county final in 2008 and 2009, 2004, 2002, 1993, 1966, 1963 and 1933.
Notable people
*
Thomas Kelly-Kenny - British Army general
*
Marty Morrissey -
RTÉ
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commentator and presenter
*
P. J. Murrihy - singer-songwriter
*
Odhran O'Dwyer -
International rules football player
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
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Towns and villages in County Clare