Ardnacrusha () is a village in
County Clare
County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...
, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the
River Shannon
The River Shannon ( or archaic ') is the major river on the island of Ireland, and at in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of , – approximately one fifth of the area of I ...
. By road, it is north of
Limerick
Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. W ...
.
The name derives from the phrase ''Ard na Croise'' meaning "the height of the cross", due to a large cross marker placed there in 1111 to mark the boundary of the
Diocese of Limerick.
At the
2022 census, the population of the village was 1,229.
[
Ardnacrusha is located near the site of the ]Ardnacrusha power plant
The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power station located near Ar ...
, constructed in the 1920s.[ By 1935, it was producing 80 per cent of Ireland's electricity.]
See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
External links
Towns and villages in County Clare
Populated places on the River Shannon
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