Ardnacrusha
Sign in to saveArdnacrusha () is a village in County Clare, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the River Shannon. By road, it is north of Limerick. 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.
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It is catalogued under topics including Populated places on the River Shannon, Towns and villages in County Clare and Use Hiberno-English from January 2020.
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Place details
- Region
- Munster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,414
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ardnacrusha
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ardnacrusha.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ardnacrusha Power Plant
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Clare
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,229
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Clare
- Population
- 1169
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Shannon
- Image
- Ardnacrusha.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ardnacrusha
- native label
- Ard na Croise
- different from
- Ardnacrusha power plant
- Irish Grid Reference
- R583618
- historic county
- County Clare
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Ardnacrusha () is a village in County Clare, Ireland, located on the northern bank of the River Shannon. By road, it is north of Limerick. 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, constructed in the 1920s. By 1935, it was producing 80 per cent of Ireland's electricity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ardnacrusha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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