Crecora (; ) is a village in
County Limerick
"Remember Limerick"
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,
Ireland
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, located approximately from
Limerick city
Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
.
The small village has a school, stone yard, garden centre,
GAA pitch (of
Crecora/Manister GAA
Crecora/Manister (Irish: ''Craobh Chumhra/Mainistir'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parishes of Crecora and Manister in County Limerick. The club was founded in 1885. The club fields teams in hurling from underage up to J ...
),
post office
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and a
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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church. This church, Saints Peter and Paul's church, was built in 1864 and is in the parish of
Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick
The Diocese of Limerick ( Irish: ''Deoise Luimnigh'') is a Roman Catholic diocese 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 Cathed ...
.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Limerick
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