Village in Munster, Ireland
| Clarina Clár Aidhne | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 Clarina crossroads | |
  ClarinaLocation in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°38′02″N 08°43′47″W / 52.63389°N 8.72972°W / 52.63389; -8.72972 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Clarina (Irish: Clár Aidhne) is a village in County Limerick in the province of Munster, Ireland. It lies between Mungret and Kildimo on the N69 road 8 km (5 mi) west of the centre of Limerick city close to the River Maigue. The Maigue is a tributary of the River Shannon and enters the Shannon estuary between Limerick city and the mouth of the Deel river, Askeaton, county Limerick.
Clarina is within the Patrickswell-Ballybrown parish. The main area of interest is the nearby location of Carrigogunnell Castle.
Schools
Clarina has a National School called St. Josephs N.S. (mixed).
History
See also: Carrigogunnell CastleClarina Castle, also known as Elm Park, was designed for the 3rd Baron Clarina in the late 1820s. Further work was undertaken by Rawson Carroll in the 1880s. It was demolished in the 1960s.
See also
References
- "Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- St. Josephs National School Web site
- "1828 – Clarina Castle, Clarina. Co. Limerick". 29 October 2012.
- Potter, Matthew (Summer 1998). "The Life and Times of Eyre Massey, First Baron Clarina of Elm Park (1719-1804)" (PDF). The Old Limerick Journal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2017.
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