Country Ireland Irish Grid Reference R360420 Local time Saturday 3:03 AM | County County Limerick Elevation 45 m Province Munster | |
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A stroll around rathkeale co limerick ireland
Rathkeale (Irish: Ráth Caola, meaning "Caola's ringfort") is a town in west Co Limerick, in Ireland. It is 30 km (18 mi) southwest of Limerick city on the N21 road to Tralee, Co Kerry, and lies on the River Deel. Rathkeale has a significant Irish Traveller population, and the largest concentration of descendants of the German Palatines who immigrated to Ireland in the early 18th century is in villages around it.
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- A stroll around rathkeale co limerick ireland
- Map of Rathkeale Co Limerick Ireland
- Irish catholics worship a tree stump rathkeale limerick idolatry anyone
- Places of interest
- Transport
- References
Map of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Rathkeale has shopping facilities, a museum and a community college, Coláiste na Trócaire, founded in 1995. The town has a large Roman Catholic parish church, Augustinian Abbey ruins and a Church of Ireland church, Holy Trinity.
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Places of interest
Transport
Rathkeale railway station opened on 1 January 1867, closed for passenger traffic on 4 February 1963 and finally closed altogether on 2 December 1974. The Great Southern Trail an off-road trail for cyclists and walkers is a greenway rail trail which follows the route of the former Limerick-Tralee railway line between Rathkeale and Abbeyfeale.