Rathkeale
Rathkeale ( Irish : Ráth Caola ) is a town in County Limerick in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland .
history
"Rath Caola", the Irish name of the place, means "Caola's fortress", whereby Caola was presumably a Gaelic king . From the invasion of the Normans to the mid-15th century, the land was owned by a Maltravers family.
In 1840, before the Great Famine in Ireland , Rathkeale was the county town of Limerick, with a population of nearly 5,000 at the 1830 census (compared to around 1,500 today, and the trend is decreasing).
Geography and demography
Rathkeale is located about 30 km southwest of Limerick City on the River Deel between Adare and Newcastle West on the important national road N21 from Tralee in County Kerry towards Limerick City. The population of Rathkeale was determined in the 2016 census as 1441 people. A significant number of Irish travelers also live in the village .
To the rail transport in Ireland Rathkeale was connected from January 1, 1867 to December 2, 1974th
The local Mercy Community College has had a partnership with the German Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium Dahn since 1996 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Rathkeale on citypopulation.de, last accessed on March 8, 2020
- ↑ Irish railways on www.railbrit.co.uk (English; PDF; 552 kB)
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ N , 8 ° 56 ′ W