Cross An Chrois | |
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Village | |
  Cross Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°35′55.12″N9°46′15.67″W / 52.5986444°N 9.7710194°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | Q807509 |
Cross (Irish : An Chrois) [1] is a townland and small village in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of Cross.
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. [2] 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. [3]
Cross is home of the local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club. [4] The GAA football club of Naomh Eoin was founded on 6 January 1974. It is based at Pairc Eoin. [5] The village gives its name to the parish of Cross (Kilballyowen) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. Cross contains the parish church of Our Lady of Lourdes. [6]
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Quin is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The name also refers to a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, and to an ecclesiastical parish of the same name. The main attraction in the vicinity is Quin Abbey, the ruins of Franciscan friary, which is open to the public. Although roofless, much of the structure remains and is relatively well-preserved. The abbey was built on the foundations of an earlier Norman castle; the foundations of three corner towers can still be seen.
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Kilballyowen is the name of both a civil parish and a townland within that parish in County Clare, Ireland. The name is also occasionally used for the slightly larger Catholic parish of Cross.
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Kilkee, formerly Kilfearagh, is a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe located in County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the Loop Head peninsula between the Atlantic ocean and the Shannon Estuary. The main settlement is the resort town of Kilkee. The parish contains many ruins, some dating to the early days of Christianity in Ireland.
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