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Mungret Hurlers
Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is 6 km south-west of Limerick city centre, on the N69 road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett, was built in 1981; and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Mungret St. Pauls GAA. Places of interest Mungret Abbey, approximately east of the village, is a medieval friary and designated National Monument within the parish. Close to the abbey is Mungret College, a (former) Jesuit secondary school. See also * List of towns and villages in County Limerick This is a list of towns and villages in County Limerick, Ireland. A * Abbeyfeale - ''(Mainistir na Féile)'' * Abington - ''(Mainistir Uaithne)'' * Adare - ''(Áth Dara)'' * Ahane - ''(Atháin)'' * Anglesboro - ''(Gleann na gCreabhar)'' * Anna ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital city, capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island, with a population of over 1.5 million. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a Unitary state, unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President of Ireland, president () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (prime minister, ), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Limerick
The Diocese of Limerick ( Irish: ''Deoise Luimnigh'') 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 St John's Cathedral in Limerick. The incumbent bishop of the diocese is Brendan Leahy. Geography The diocese is divided into 60 parishes, which are spread across three counties: 57 in Limerick (18 of which are in the Limerick city area), two in Clare, and one between Limerick and Kerry. The parishes are grouped into 16 Pastoral Units, where groups of priests are appointed to cover a number of parishes between them. As of 2018, there were 65 priests in active ministry, 27 of whom were over the age of 65. Aside from the cathedral city of Limerick, the main towns in the diocese are Abbeyfeale, Adare, Kilmallock, Newcastle West, and Rathkeale. Ordinaries The following is a list of the ten most recent bishops: * Charles Tuohy (1814 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns And Villages In County Limerick
This is a list of towns and villages in County Limerick, Ireland. A * Abbeyfeale - ''(Mainistir na Féile)'' * Abington - ''(Mainistir Uaithne)'' * Adare - ''(Áth Dara)'' * Ahane - ''(Atháin)'' * Anglesboro - ''(Gleann na gCreabhar)'' * Annacotty - ''(Áth na Coite/Áth an Choite)'' * Ardagh - ''(Árdach/Árdachadh)'' * Ardpatrick - ''(Árd Pádraig)'' * Ashford - ''(Áth na bhFuinseog)'' * Askeaton - ''(Eas Géitine/Eas Géibhtine/Eas Géiphtine)'' * Athea - ''(Áth an tSléibhe)'' * Athlacca - ''(An tÁth Leacach)'' B * Ballingarry - ''(Baile an Gharraí/Baile an Gharrdha)'' * Ballyagran - ''(Béal Átha Grean)'' * Ballyhahill - ''(Baile Dhá Thuile/Baile Uí Sháithil)'' * Ballylanders - ''(Baile an Londraigh)'' * Ballyneety - ''(Baile an Fhaoitigh)'' * Ballyorgan - ''(Baile Uí Argáin)'' * Ballysteen - ''(Baile Stiabhna)'' * Banogue - ''(An Bhánóg)'' * Barna - ''(An Bhearna)'' * Barringtonsbridge - ''(Droichead Barrington)'' *Bohermore - ''(An Bóthar Mhór)'' * Broadf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III. The Society of Jesus is the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and has played significant role in education, charity, humanitarian acts and global policies. The Society of Jesus is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 countries. Jesuits work in education, research, and cultural pursuits. They also conduct retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, sponsor direct social and humanitarian works, and promote Ecumenism, ecumenical dialogue. The Society of Jesus is consecrated under the patron saint, patronage of Madonna della Strada, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is led by a Superior General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret College
Mungret College was a Jesuit apostolic school and a lay secondary school near Limerick, Ireland. Located on the western outskirts of the modern-day suburban town of Raheen, it was operational from 1882 until 1974 when it closed as a school for the last time. The college produced over 1000 priests in that period. It had previously been an agricultural college and a Limerick diocesan seminary until 1888. The secondary school was relatively small, with around 225 boarders and 25 day boarders. Mungret was one of a number of Jesuit schools founded in Ireland. History Pre-1882 In 1881 the Commissioners of Education had opened an agricultural college near the village of Mungret, from which Mungret College takes its name. This was largely due to the influence of Lord Monteagle of Brandon, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Government and a good Irish landlord. It was built to accommodate seventy to eighty students but never had more than fourteen students and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret Abbey
Mungret Abbey is a medieval friary and National Monument located near Mungret in County Limerick, Ireland. Location Mungret Abbey is located immediately west of Dooradoyle and northeast of Mungret College, southwest of Limerick city centre, to the south of the Shannon Estuary. History Mungret was an early monastic site, founded before AD 551 by Saint Nessan (Neasán) the Deacon. At one point there may have been as many as 1,500 monks and six churches operating in competition to attract followers. John O'Donovan claimed a fourth-century date, predating Saint Patrick. In 908, Cormac mac Cuilennáin, King of Munster, gifted the abbey three ounces of gold and a satin chasuble. It was plundered on four occasions in the 9th century by Vikings. High King Domnall Ua Lochlainn destroyed the monastery in 1107. Mungret claimed episcopal status 1152, but was deemed to be too close to Limerick. 1179 the then king of Munster, Domnall Mór Ua Briain, granted the monastery to Brictius, Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungret GAA
Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is 6 km south-west of Limerick city centre, on the N69 road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett, was built in 1981; and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Mungret St. Pauls GAA. Places of interest Mungret Abbey, approximately east of the village, is a medieval friary and designated National Monument within the parish. Close to the abbey is Mungret College, a (former) Jesuit secondary school. See also * List of towns and villages in County Limerick This is a list of towns and villages in County Limerick, Ireland. A * Abbeyfeale - ''(Mainistir na Féile)'' * Abington - ''(Mainistir Uaithne)'' * Adare - ''(Áth Dara)'' * Ahane - ''(Atháin)'' * Anglesboro - ''(Gleann na gCreabhar)'' * Anna ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and Irish dance, dance, as well as the Irish language and it also promotes environmental stewardship through its Green Clubs initiative. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members, and declared total revenues of €96.1 million in 2022. The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendance. Gaelic football is also the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett (or Oliver Plunket; ; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 and canonised in 1975, thus becoming the first new Irish saint in almost seven hundred years. Biography Oliver Plunkett was born on 1 November 1625 (earlier biographers gave his date of birth as 1 November 1629, but 1625 has been the consensus since the 1930s) in Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland, to well-to-do parents with Hiberno-Norman ancestors. A grandson of Baron Killeen, James Plunkett, 7th Baron Killeen (died 1595), he was related by birth to a number of landed gentry, landed families, such as the recently ennobled Earls of Roscommon, as well as the long-established Earls of Fingall, Baron Louth, Lords Louth, and Baron Dunsany, Lords Dunsany. Until his sixteenth year, the boy's education was entrusted to his cousin Patrick Plunkett, Abbot of St Mary's, Dublin and brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
