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Bunratty Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhun Raithe) is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village, by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The castle and the adjoining folk park are run by Shannon Heritage as tourist attractions.
Bunratty (Irish: Bun na Raite, meaning "end of the Raite" [2]) is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle. It is connected by the N18 road to Limerick and Galway . The Raite river defines the parish's eastern boundary and flows into the Shannon Estuary , which defines the southern boundary.
Clooney (Irish: Cluaine [1]) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located to the northeast of Ennis, south of Inchicronan. The area is marshy, with the Oysterman's Marsh Natural Heritage Area in the vicinity. Clooney-Quin GAA is a GAA club for the Catholic parish of Clooney and Quin.
The portion in County Clare was in the barony of Bunratty Lower, and was known as the Kilquane district. It contains the village of Ardnacrusha. The parish is 4 by 2.5 miles (6.4 by 4.0 km) and covers 722 acres (292 ha) of the borough, 793 acres (321 ha) of Clanwilliam and 3,894 acres (1,576 ha) of Bunratty. [2]
Bunratty Lower is a division of the former barony of Bunratty. This belonged to the Macnamara family, and was called Dangan-i-vigin. It is bounded by the barony of Bunratty Upper (to the north) and by the barony of Tulla Lower (to the east). To the south, the River Shannon separates it from County Limerick.
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The English rendering of the name 'Newmarket-on-Fergus' probably owes its origin to the fact that an older 'Market' at nearby Bunratty (on the Ogarney River) predated the 'newer' market located at the village and hence Newmarket-on-Fergus; there is also a popular myth attributing the name-change to Lord Inchiqin who supposedly renamed the village after the famous racecourse, and following a ...
The last family to live at Bunratty Castle, prior to its purchase and restoration, was the family of Marcus Welsh, cousin of the Studderts, who moved there from Kilrush, after some of the buildings at Scragh House were burnt down, round about 1880. The castle was already in a semi-ruinous state and at least partly unroofed.