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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Places_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Places_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Places of interest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gaeltacht" 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="مقاطعة كلير – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة كلير" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cond%C3%A1u_de_Clare" title="Condáu de Clare – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Condáu de Clare" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_K%C5%ABn" title="Clare Kūn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Clare Kūn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Клеър (графство) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Клеър (графство)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontelezh_An_Cl%C3%A1r" title="Kontelezh An Clár – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kontelezh An Clár" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Clare" title="Comtat de Clare – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtat de Clare" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Cl%C3%A1r" title="An Clár – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="An Clár" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstv%C3%AD_Clare" title="Hrabství Clare – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hrabství Clare" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Clare" title="Swydd Clare – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Clare" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="County Clare" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="County Clare" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare%27i_krahvkond" title="Clare'i krahvkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Clare'i krahvkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Clare_(Irlanda)" title="Condado de Clare (Irlanda) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Clare (Irlanda)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graflando_Clare" title="Graflando Clare – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Graflando Clare" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_konderria" title="Clare konderria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Clare konderria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1" title="شهرستان کلر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کلر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Clare" title="Comté de Clare – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Clare" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_an_Chl%C3%A1ir" title="Contae an Chláir – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae an Chláir" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coontae_yn_Chlaair" title="Coontae yn Chlaair – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Coontae yn Chlaair" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_an_Chl%C3%A1ire" title="Contae an Chláire – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Contae an Chláire" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Clare" title="Condado de Clare – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condado de Clare" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%B4%EB%9E%98%EC%96%B4%EC%A3%BC" title="클래어주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="클래어주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_(okrug)" title="Clare (okrug) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Clare (okrug)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="County Clare" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="County Clare" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Clare_(Irlanda)" title="Contea di Clare (Irlanda) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Clare (Irlanda)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8" title="מחוז קלייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחוז קלייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D" title="კლერის საგრაფო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კლერის საგრაფო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilaya_ya_Clare" title="Wilaya ya Clare – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wilaya ya Clare" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="County Clare" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatus_Clarensis" title="Comitatus Clarensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Comitatus Clarensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C4%93ras_gr%C4%81fiste" title="Klēras grāfiste – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Klēras grāfiste" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" 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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Banner County</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Dílis d'ár nOidreacht</i><br />"True to our heritage"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Clare.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of County Clare"><img alt="Location of County Clare" 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Ireland">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Region,_Ireland" title="Southern Region, Ireland">Southern</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1565<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clare_County_Council" title="Clare County Council">Clare County Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland">EP constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South (European Parliament constituency)">South</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,450 km<sup>2</sup> (1,330 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_area" title="List of Irish counties by area">7th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Moylussa" title="Moylussa">Moylussa</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">532 m (1,745 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">127,938</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population" title="List of Irish counties by population">19th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%C2%B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC±0">UTC±0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">WET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a> routing keys</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">H62, H91, V14, V15, V94, V95</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland">Telephone area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">061, 065 <small>(primarily)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">IE-CE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vehicle registration plates of Ireland">Vehicle index<br />mark code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">CE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://visitclare.ie/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181862#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="7" data-overlays="["_542791e86e3dc5dfdd95c6b9609cd7434bd2b621"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=County_Clare&revid=1258617928&groups=_542791e86e3dc5dfdd95c6b9609cd7434bd2b621" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=County_Clare&revid=1258617928&groups=_542791e86e3dc5dfdd95c6b9609cd7434bd2b621 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>County Clare</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Contae an Chláir</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Region,_Ireland" title="Southern Region, Ireland">Southern part</a> of the republic of Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. <a href="/wiki/Clare_County_Council" title="Clare County Council">Clare County Council</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local authority</a>. The county had a population of 127,938 at the <a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county seat and largest settlement is <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_subdivisions">Geography and subdivisions</h2></div> <p>Clare is north-west of the <a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a> covering a total area of 3,450 square kilometres (1,330 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clare is the seventh largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties in area and the 19th largest in terms of population. It is bordered by two counties in Munster and one county in Connacht: <a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">County Limerick</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">County Tipperary</a> to the east, and <a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">County Galway</a> to the north. Clare's nickname is <i>the Banner County</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baronies,_parishes_and_townlands"><span id="Baronies.2C_parishes_and_townlands"></span>Baronies, parishes and townlands</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baronies_of_Clare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Baronies_of_Clare.jpg/220px-Baronies_of_Clare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Baronies_of_Clare.jpg/330px-Baronies_of_Clare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Baronies_of_Clare.jpg/440px-Baronies_of_Clare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3142" data-file-height="2227" /></a><figcaption>Baronies of Clare</figcaption></figure> <p>The county is divided into the <a href="/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)" title="Barony (Ireland)">baronies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bunratty_Lower" title="Bunratty Lower">Bunratty Lower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunratty_Upper" title="Bunratty Upper">Bunratty Upper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Burren" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony of Burren">Burren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clonderalaw" title="Clonderalaw">Clonderalaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Corcomroe" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony of Corcomroe">Corcomroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibrickan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrickan">Ibrickan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inchiquin" title="Inchiquin">Inchiquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony of Islands">Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barony_of_Moyarta" class="mw-redirect" title="Barony of Moyarta">Moyarta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulla_Lower" title="Tulla Lower">Tulla Lower</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulla_Upper" title="Tulla Upper">Tulla Upper</a>. These in turn are divided into <a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_of_County_Clare" class="mw-redirect" title="List of civil parishes of County Clare">civil parishes</a>, which are divided into <a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">townlands</a>. These divisions are <a href="/wiki/Cadastre" title="Cadastre">cadastral</a>, defining land boundaries and ownership, rather than administrative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardnacrusha" title="Ardnacrusha">Ardnacrusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballynacally" title="Ballynacally">Ballynacally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyvaughan" title="Ballyvaughan">Ballyvaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barefield" title="Barefield">Barefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston,_County_Clare" title="Boston, County Clare">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgetown,_County_Clare" title="Bridgetown, County Clare">Bridgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadford,_County_Clare" title="Broadford, County Clare">Broadford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunratty" title="Bunratty">Bunratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigaholt" title="Carrigaholt">Carrigaholt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carran" title="Carran">Carron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarecastle" title="Clarecastle">Clarecastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonlara" title="Clonlara">Clonlara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connolly,_County_Clare" title="Connolly, County Clare">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coolmeen,_County_Clare" title="Coolmeen, County Clare">Coolmeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooraclare" title="Cooraclare">Cooraclare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corofin,_County_Clare" title="Corofin, County Clare">Corofin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranny" title="Cranny">Cranny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cratloe" title="Cratloe">Cratloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cree,_County_Clare" title="Cree, County Clare">Cree (Creegh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross,_County_Clare" title="Cross, County Clare">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusheen" title="Crusheen">Crusheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doonaha" title="Doonaha">Doonaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doonbeg" title="Doonbeg">Doonbeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennistymon" title="Ennistymon">Ennistymon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanore" title="Fanore">Fanore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feakle" title="Feakle">Feakle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inagh" title="Inagh">Inagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inch,_County_Clare" title="Inch, County Clare">Inch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilbaha" title="Kilbaha">Kilbaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilfenora" title="Kilfenora">Kilfenora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkee" title="Kilkee">Kilkee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkishen" title="Kilkishen">Kilkishen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildysart" title="Kildysart">Kildysart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killaloe,_County_Clare" title="Killaloe, County Clare">Killaloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killimer" title="Killimer">Killimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmaley" title="Kilmaley">Kilmaley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmihil" title="Kilmihil">Kilmihil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmurry_McMahon" title="Kilmurry McMahon">Kilmurry McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilnaboy" title="Kilnaboy">Kilnaboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilnamona" title="Kilnamona">Kilnamona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilrush" title="Kilrush">Kilrush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labasheeda" title="Labasheeda">Labasheeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahinch" title="Lahinch">Lahinch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liscannor" title="Liscannor">Liscannor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisdoonvarna" title="Lisdoonvarna">Lisdoonvarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lissycasey" title="Lissycasey">Lissycasey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meelick,_County_Clare" title="Meelick, County Clare">Meelick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown_Malbay" title="Milltown Malbay">Milltown Malbay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountshannon" title="Mountshannon">Mountshannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullagh,_County_Clare" title="Mullagh, County Clare">Mullagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newmarket-on-Fergus" title="Newmarket-on-Fergus">Newmarket-on-Fergus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Brien%27s_Bridge" title="O'Brien's Bridge">O'Brien's Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Callaghan%27s_Mills" title="O'Callaghan's Mills">O'Callaghan's Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogonnelloe" title="Ogonnelloe">Ogonnelloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parteen" title="Parteen">Parteen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quilty,_County_Clare" title="Quilty, County Clare">Quilty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quin,_County_Clare" title="Quin, County Clare">Quin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruan,_County_Clare" title="Ruan, County Clare">Ruan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scariff" class="mw-redirect" title="Scariff">Scariff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixmilebridge" title="Sixmilebridge">Sixmilebridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toonagh,_County_Clare" title="Toonagh, County Clare">Toonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuamgraney" title="Tuamgraney">Tuamgraney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubber,_County_Clare" title="Tubber, County Clare">Tubber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulla" title="Tulla">Tulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitegate,_County_Clare" title="Whitegate, County Clare">Whitegate</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cliffs_of_Moher,_Ireland_(8577753321).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg/220px-Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg/330px-Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg/440px-Cliffs_of_Moher%2C_Ireland_%288577753321%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3250" data-file-height="1828" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher" title="Cliffs of Moher">Cliffs of Moher</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Bodies of water define much of the physical boundaries of Clare. To the south-east is the <a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a>, Ireland's longest river, and to the south is the <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Estuary" title="Shannon Estuary">Shannon Estuary</a>. The border to the north-east is defined by <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derg_(Shannon)" title="Lough Derg (Shannon)">Lough Derg</a> which is the third-largest lake in Ireland. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the north is <a href="/wiki/Galway_Bay" title="Galway Bay">Galway Bay</a>. <a href="/wiki/Loop_Head" title="Loop Head">Loop Head</a> (Irish: Ceann Léime, meaning 'leap head') is the county's westernmost point of land. </p><p>County Clare contains <a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">The Burren</a>, a unique <a href="/wiki/Karst" title="Karst">karst</a> region, which contains rare flowers and fauna. At the western edge of The Burren, facing the Atlantic Ocean, are the <a href="/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher" title="Cliffs of Moher">Cliffs of Moher</a>. The highest point in County Clare is <a href="/wiki/Moylussa" title="Moylussa">Moylussa</a>, 532 m (1,745 ft), in the <a href="/wiki/Slieve_Bernagh" class="mw-redirect" title="Slieve Bernagh">Slieve Bernagh</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> range in the east of the county. </p><p>The following islands lie off the coast of the county: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aughinish,_County_Clare" title="Aughinish, County Clare">Aughinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishmore_(or_Deer)_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Inishmore (or Deer) Island">Inishmore (or Deer) Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishloe" title="Inishloe">Inishloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutton_Island" title="Mutton Island">Mutton Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scattery_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattery Island">Scattery Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for County Clare </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(54.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(36.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(54) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">99<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58<br />(2.3) </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(2.6) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">97<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">97<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(4.2) </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">990<br />(38.8) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Clare Tour<sup id="cite_ref-Weatherbase_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weatherbase-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="Climate data should be from reliable sources e.g. ideally Met Éireann or other climate/weather websites (June 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg/220px-Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg/330px-Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg/440px-Poulnabrone_dolmen-SteveFE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Poulnabrone_dolmen" title="Poulnabrone dolmen">Poulnabrone dolmen</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">The Burren</a></figcaption></figure> <p>County Clare hosts the oldest-known evidence of human activity in Ireland. The patella of a bear, which was subject to butchering close to the time of death, was found in the <a href="/wiki/Alice_and_Gwendoline_Cave" title="Alice and Gwendoline Cave">Alice and Gwendoline Cave</a>, near Edenvale House, <a href="/wiki/Clarecastle" title="Clarecastle">Clarecastle</a>. The bone features a number of linear-cut marks, and has been dated to circa 10,500 BC, from the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a> era. This discovery, publicized in 2017, pushed back Ireland's occupation by 2,500 years—what was previously regarded as the oldest site of occupation was the <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> site of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Sandel_Mesolithic_site" title="Mount Sandel Mesolithic site">Mount Sandel</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">County Londonderry</a>. This bear bone was discovered in 1903 during an archaeological excavation but was not studied until over a century later.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> civilization in the Clare area—the name of the peoples is unknown, but the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_Europe" title="Bronze Age Europe">Prehistoric</a> peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient <a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">dolmen</a>: single-chamber <a href="/wiki/Megalithic_tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Megalithic tomb">megalithic tombs</a>, usually consisting of three or more <a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">upright stones</a>. Clare is one of the richest places in Ireland for these tombs. The most noted one is in <a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">The Burren</a> area; it is known as <i><a href="/wiki/Poulnabrone_dolmen" title="Poulnabrone dolmen">Poulnabrone dolmen</a></i>, which translates to "hole of sorrows".<sup id="cite_ref-clareneolithic_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clareneolithic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remains of the people inside the tomb have been excavated and dated to 3800 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-clareneolithic_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clareneolithic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> created a map of Ireland in his <i><a href="/wiki/Geographia" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographia">Geographia</a></i> with information dating from 100 AD; it is the oldest written account of the island that includes geographical features.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within his map, Ptolemy names the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic tribes">Gaelic tribes</a> inhabiting it and the areas in which they resided; in the area of Clare, he identified a tribe known as the <i>Gangani</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historians have found the tribes on the west of Ireland the most difficult to identify with known peoples; however, historians <a href="/wiki/William_Camden" title="William Camden">William Camden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_O%27Conor_(historian)" title="Charles O'Conor (historian)">Charles O'Conor</a> speculated a possible connection between the Gangani and the <i>Concani</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the eleven tribes in the confederacy of the <a href="/wiki/Cantabri" title="Cantabri">Cantabri</a> in the northern part of the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tau_Cross,_Roughan_Hill,_Corofin,_County_Clare,_Ireland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg/220px-Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg/330px-Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg/440px-Tau_Cross%2C_Roughan_Hill%2C_Corofin%2C_County_Clare%2C_Ireland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Tau" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross of Tau">Tau Cross</a> at Roughan Hill near <a href="/wiki/Corofin,_County_Clare" title="Corofin, County Clare">Corofin</a>, County Clare, Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a>, the area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Kingdom of Connacht</a> ruled by the <a href="/wiki/U%C3%AD_Fiachrach_Aidhne" title="Uí Fiachrach Aidhne">Uí Fiachrach Aidhne</a>. In the Middle Ages, it was annexed to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Munster" title="Kingdom of Munster">Kingdom of Munster</a> to be settled by the <a href="/wiki/Dalcassians" title="Dalcassians">Dalcassians</a>. It was renamed Thomond, meaning North Munster. <a href="/wiki/Brian_Boru" title="Brian Boru">Brian Boru</a> became a leader from here during this period, perhaps the most noted <a href="/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland" title="High King of Ireland">High King of Ireland</a>. </p><p>From 1118 onwards the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Thomond" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Thomond">Kingdom of Thomond</a> was in place as its own petty kingdom, ruled by the <a href="/wiki/O%27Brien_clan" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Brien clan">O'Brien clan</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Norman invasion of Ireland">Norman invasion of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Clare,_Lord_of_Thomond" title="Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond">Thomas de Clare</a> established a short-lived Norman lordship of Thomond, extinguished at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dysert_O%27Dea" title="Battle of Dysert O'Dea">Battle of Dysert O'Dea</a> in 1318 during <a href="/wiki/Bruce_campaign_in_Ireland" title="Bruce campaign in Ireland">Edward Bruce's invasion</a>. </p><p>There are two main hypotheses for the origins of the county name "Clare". One is that the name is derived from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Clare,_Lord_of_Thomond" title="Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond">Thomas de Clare</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was deeply embroiled in local politics and fighting in the 1270s and 1280s. An alternative hypothesis is that the county name <i>Clare</i> comes from the settlement of Clare (now <a href="/wiki/Clarecastle" title="Clarecastle">Clarecastle</a>), whose Irish name <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Clár</i></span> (plank bridge) refers to a crossing over the <a href="/wiki/River_Fergus" title="River Fergus">River Fergus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_colonization">English colonization</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg/220px-1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg/330px-1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg/440px-1794_Rocque_Wall_Map_of_Ireland_-_Geographicus_-_Ireland2-rocque-1794.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4720" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>1794 map of Ireland, with County Clare coloured as neither part of <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a> nor <a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1543, during the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor conquest of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murrough_O%27Brien,_1st_Earl_of_Thomond" title="Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond">Murrough O'Brien</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Surrender_and_regrant" title="Surrender and regrant">surrender and regrant</a> to <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>, became <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Thomond" title="Earl of Thomond">Earl of Thomond</a> within Henry's <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a>. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Sidney" title="Henry Sidney">Henry Sidney</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Deputy_of_Ireland" title="Lord Deputy of Ireland">Lord Deputy of Ireland</a> responded to the <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Desmond Rebellion">Desmond Rebellion</a> by creating the <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_Connaught" title="Lord President of Connaught">presidency of Connaught</a> in 1569 and <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_Munster" title="Lord President of Munster">presidency of Munster</a> in 1570. He transferred Thomond from Munster to Connaught, which he <a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">shired</a>, Thomond becoming County Clare. </p><p>About 1600, Clare was removed from the presidency of Connaught and made a presidency in its own right under the Earl of Thomond. When <a href="/wiki/Henry_O%27Brien,_5th_Earl_of_Thomond" title="Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond">Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond</a> died in 1639, Lord Deputy <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Earl_of_Strafford" title="Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford">Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford</a> decreed Clare should return to the presidency of Munster, but the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms" title="Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a> delayed this until <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (England)">the Restoration</a> of 1660.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clare's <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_county_nicknames" title="List of Irish county nicknames">county nickname</a> is the <i>Banner County</i>, for which various origins have been suggested: the banners captured by <a href="/wiki/Clare%27s_Dragoons" title="Clare's Dragoons">Clare's Dragoons</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramillies" title="Battle of Ramillies">Battle of Ramillies</a>; or the banner of <a href="/wiki/Catholic_emancipation" title="Catholic emancipation">Catholic emancipation</a> raised by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Connell" title="Daniel O'Connell">Daniel O'Connell</a>'s victory in an <a href="/wiki/1828_Clare_by-election" title="1828 Clare by-election">1828 by-election for County Clare</a> that led to Parliament passing the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1829" title="Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829">Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Spellissy2003_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spellissy2003-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Scattery_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattery Island">Scattery Island</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Mouth_of_the_Shannon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouth of the Shannon">Mouth of the Shannon</a> off the Clare coast, was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Limerick_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Limerick Corporation">Limerick Corporation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/County_of_the_city" class="mw-redirect" title="County of the city">county of the city</a> of Limerick after the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a> in the mid-16th century. It was assigned to County Clare after the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_(Ireland)_Act_1840" title="Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840">Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840</a>. Under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898" title="Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898">Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898</a>, part of the judicial county of Galway (Drummaan, Inishcaltra North and Mountshannon electoral divisions) was transferred to county Clare. This area contains the village of <a href="/wiki/Mountshannon" title="Mountshannon">Mountshannon</a> on the north-western shore of <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derg_(Shannon)" title="Lough Derg (Shannon)">Lough Derg</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_politics">Governance and politics</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Clare_County_Council" title="Clare County Council">Clare County Council</a></div> <p>The local authority for the county is <a href="/wiki/Clare_County_Council" title="Clare County Council">Clare County Council</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> lost its overall majority on the council in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Clare_County_Council_election" title="2019 Clare County Council election">2009 local election</a>, Fianna Fáil is the largest party, with 13 of the 28 seats. </p><p>The county seat is at Ennis, which also serves as a major regional hub for County Clare. Among its emergency services, it contains the <a href="/wiki/Ennis_Hospital" title="Ennis Hospital">Ennis Hospital</a>, the HQ of the Clare Divisional Garda, the Clare Fire Brigade and Civil Defence. </p><p>The council has two representatives on the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Regional_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Regional Assembly">Southern Regional Assembly</a>, where it is part of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-West_Region,_Ireland" title="Mid-West Region, Ireland">Mid-West</a> strategic planning area.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_districts">Former districts</h3></div> <p>Prior to 2014, there were four <a href="/wiki/Town_council_(Ireland)" title="Town council (Ireland)">town councils</a> in Clare: <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilrush" title="Kilrush">Kilrush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilkee" title="Kilkee">Kilkee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a>. All town councils in Ireland were abolished under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014" title="Local Government Reform Act 2014">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_politics">National politics</h3></div> <p>Since 1921, County Clare has been represented in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> by the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a>, which currently has four <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachtaí Dála</a> (TDs). Since 2020, the whole of the county has been in the constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-ea_2017_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ea_2017-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At various times, portions of County Clare have been in other constituencies: <a href="/wiki/Clare%E2%80%93South_Galway_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare–South Galway (Dáil constituency)">Clare–South Galway</a> (1969–77), <a href="/wiki/Galway_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway West (Dáil constituency)">Galway West</a> (1977–81), <a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a> (1992–2011) and <a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick City (Dáil constituency)">Limerick City</a> (2011–20). </p><p>The constituency was historically a <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> stronghold. Prominent former TDs for Clare include <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera" title="Éamon de Valera">Éamon de Valera</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> and former president <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hillery" title="Patrick Hillery">Patrick Hillery</a>. </p><p>It is part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland">European Parliament constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South (European Parliament constituency)">South</a> (5 seats).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale collapsible collapsed" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1600</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,776</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1610</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">12,554</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+43.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1659</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,914</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+34.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">208,089</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1130.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1831</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">258,322</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+24.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">286,394</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">212,440</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−25.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">166,305</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−21.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">147,864</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−11.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">141,457</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">124,483</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−12.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">112,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,232</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">95,064</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">89,879</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">85,064</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">81,329</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,176</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">73,702</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1966</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">73,597</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">75,008</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">84,919</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">87,567</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">91,344</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">90,918</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">94,006</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">103,277</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2006</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">110,950</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">117,196</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">118,817</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">127,419</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left"><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population of Clare was 127,419 people at the 2022 census.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main urban areas are <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a> with a population of 27,923 and <a href="/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a> with 10,256. </p><p>The demographic profile for Clare in general is fairly young: 22% are under age 14, while 12% are over 65, compared to the national average of 20% and 11%, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a slightly higher percentage of males with 50.5%, while females number 49.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-census2012_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2012-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Paragraph now refers to outdated census info (October 2018)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>English is the main language spoken in Clare. The vast majority of the population are <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish people</a>, accounting for 86%. Most immigrants are Europeans, totalling an additional 7,520; there is also a small African minority of 1,124 people, while other ethnic groups are very small in number.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Paragraph now refers to outdated census info (October 2018)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In addition, Clare had a large <a href="/wiki/Irish_diaspora" title="Irish diaspora">diaspora</a> due to vast emigration during the 19th century. There are millions of people around the world who can trace their family background to Clare; such descendants are found mostly in North America, Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, Argentina and New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-gene_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gene-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many people from the Irish diaspora visit the Clare area to trace their family roots and background.<sup id="cite_ref-gene_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gene-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the names in Clare are derived from sept members of the <a href="/wiki/Dalcassian" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalcassian">Dalcassian</a> race of <a href="/wiki/Gaels" title="Gaels">Gaels</a> or septs of Thomond. Some of the most common examples are <a href="/wiki/O%27Brien_dynasty" title="O'Brien dynasty">O'Brien</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacGorman" title="MacGorman">O'Gorman</a>, <a href="/wiki/O%27Dea" title="O'Dea">O'Dea</a>, <a href="/wiki/McMahon_(surname)" title="McMahon (surname)">McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/McInerney" title="McInerney">McInerney</a>, <a href="/wiki/McNamara" class="mw-redirect" title="McNamara">McNamara</a>, <a href="/wiki/McGarry_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect" title="McGarry (disambiguation)">McGarry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moloney_(surname)" title="Moloney (surname)">Moloney</a>, <a href="/wiki/O%27Grady_(surname)" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Grady (surname)">O'Grady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hogan_(surname)" title="Hogan (surname)">Hogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Considine" title="Considine">Considine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Griffin_(surname)" title="Griffin (surname)">Griffey/Griffin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lynch_(surname)" title="Lynch (surname)">Lynch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gene_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gene-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Names of assimilated <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Norman</a> origin include <a href="/wiki/Burke" title="Burke">Burke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalton_(surname)" title="Dalton (surname)">Dalton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Clan_Cumming" title="Clan Cumming">Comyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg/220px-Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg/330px-Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg/440px-Corcomroe_Abbey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2107" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Corcomroe_Abbey" title="Corcomroe Abbey">Corcomroe Abbey</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The great majority of the population follow <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>; at least 92% of the people in the area polled as part of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_population_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish population analysis">Ireland Census 2006</a> identified as Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-censustoosixreligion_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censustoosixreligion-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_Ireland#County_Clare" title="List of monastic houses in Ireland">abbeys and priories</a> in Clare. Some of the ruins of such structures, such as <a href="/wiki/Scattery_Island_Cathedral_and_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattery Island Cathedral and Monastery">Scattery Island</a>, Bishop's Island, and Drumcliff monasteries, are ancient, dating to the sixth century when Christianity was first introduced to Ireland. The former was founded by <a href="/wiki/Saint_Senan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Senan">Saint Senan</a>, who was born locally near Kilrush in 488 and is counted amongst the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles_of_Ireland" title="Twelve Apostles of Ireland">Twelve Apostles of Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flood_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flood-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Numerous <a href="/wiki/List_of_saints_of_Ireland" title="List of saints of Ireland">other saints</a> came from Clare, such as <a href="/wiki/Saint_Flannan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Flannan">Flannan</a>, Mochulleus, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Molua" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Molua">Moula</a>, Caimin, <a href="/wiki/Maccreiche" class="mw-redirect" title="Maccreiche">Maccreiche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Munchin">Munchin</a> and more.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the present day, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> still commands a large majority, with 88% of the populace declaring themselves as followers of the religion. This percentage is slightly higher than <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Religion in the Republic of Ireland">the national average</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-censustoosixreligion_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censustoosixreligion-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diocese_of_Killaloe.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Diocese_of_Killaloe.png" decoding="async" width="194" height="209" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="209" /></a><figcaption>Killaloe Diocese</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of Clare falls under the Catholic <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Killaloe" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe">Diocese of Killaloe</a>, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cashel_and_Emly" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly">Cashel and Emly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bishop of Killaloe is seated at the <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul_Cathedral,_Ennis" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, Ennis">St Peter and Paul Cathedral</a> in Ennis. A small portion of the north-western part of Clare falls under the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Galway,_Kilmacduagh_and_Kilfenora" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora">Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the local council's architectural conservation project, around eighty Christian churches have been designated as protected structures. Among the more notable structures are the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Corcomroe_Abbey" title="Corcomroe Abbey">Corcomroe Abbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quin_Abbey" title="Quin Abbey">Quin Abbey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dysert_O%27Dea_Monastery" title="Dysert O'Dea Monastery">Dysert O'Dea Monastery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest religious minority is the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a>, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>. It has just under 2,000 adherents<sup id="cite_ref-censustoosixreligion_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censustoosixreligion-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Clare. The county is part of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick_and_Killaloe" title="Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe">Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe</a>, one of the three cathedrals of the diocese being St Flannan's Cathedral in Killaloe.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other religious communities in Clare are very small in comparison. In 2016, about 11% of the population reported no religion. Up from 5% in 2011<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Clare" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Monuments in County Clare">List of National Monuments in County Clare</a></div> <p>Places of interest include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher" title="Cliffs of Moher">Cliffs of Moher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inis_Cealtra" title="Inis Cealtra">Inis Cealtra</a> (Holy Island) in Lough Derg</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilbaha" title="Kilbaha">Kilbaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkee" title="Kilkee">Kilkee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loop_Head" title="Loop Head">Loop Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scattery_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattery Island">Scattery Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Point,_County_Clare" title="Spanish Point, County Clare">Spanish Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">The Burren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunratty_Castle" title="Bunratty Castle">Bunratty Castle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</h2></div> <p>West Clare and some pockets in East Clare were recognised as part of the <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a>, or Irish-speaking area, by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> government in the original <i><a href="/wiki/Coimisi%C3%BAn_na_Gaeltachta" title="Coimisiún na Gaeltachta">Coimisiún na Gaeltachta</a></i> in 1926. The most prominent of these areas with native <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> speakers were west of <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kilmihil" title="Kilmihil">Kilmihil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilrush" title="Kilrush">Kilrush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doonbeg" title="Doonbeg">Doonbeg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennistimon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ennistimon">Ennistimon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrigaholt" title="Carrigaholt">Carrigaholt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisdoonvarna" title="Lisdoonvarna">Lisdoonvarna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ballyvaughan" title="Ballyvaughan">Ballyvaughan</a>. </p><p>The last remaining native speaker in Stonehall, next to <a href="/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a>, was alive in the 1930s; in the 1870s, the region had been entirely Irish speaking.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time of the second <i>Coimisiún na Gaeltachta</i> in 1956, the decline in the number of Gaelic speakers had been such that West Clare was removed from the list. It remained covered by the Gaeltacht (Housing) Acts until 2001. </p><p>Close geographic proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Aran_Islands" title="Aran Islands">Aran Islands</a> (which were once part of <a href="/wiki/Thomond" title="Thomond">Thomond</a>) and local trade with fishermen from there meant that the language was used by residents of <a href="/wiki/Fanore" title="Fanore">Fanore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murroogh" title="Murroogh">Murroogh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quilty,_County_Clare" title="Quilty, County Clare">Quilty</a> more than in other places. The last native Clare Irish speaker, the <i><a href="/wiki/Seancha%C3%AD" title="Seanchaí">seanchaí</a></i> Paddy Pháraic Mhíchíl Ó Sionáin (Shannon) of Fisherstreet, Doolin, died in the early 1990s. </p><p>In the early 21st century, the pressure group <i>Coiste Forbartha Gaeltachta Chontae an Chláir</i> sought to restore the official status of West Clare as a Gaeltacht area.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are encouraging immersion classes to revive use of the language. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_traditional_musicians_from_County_Clare" title="List of traditional musicians from County Clare">List of traditional musicians from County Clare</a></div> <p>County Clare has a strong history of Traditional music. It is the home of the <a href="/wiki/Kilfenora_C%C3%A9il%C3%AD_Band" title="Kilfenora Céilí Band">Kilfenora Céilí Band</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tulla_C%C3%A9il%C3%AD_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulla Céilí Band">Tulla Céilí Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stockton%27s_Wing" title="Stockton's Wing">Stockton's Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Crotty" title="Elizabeth Crotty">Elizabeth Crotty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Shannon" title="Sharon Shannon">Sharon Shannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noel_Hill_(musician)" title="Noel Hill (musician)">Noel Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peadar_O%27Loughlin" title="Peadar O'Loughlin">Peadar O'Loughlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Hayes_(musician)" title="Martin Hayes (musician)">Martin Hayes</a> and legendary tin-whistler <a href="/wiki/Micho_Russell" title="Micho Russell">Micho Russell</a>. Ennis in County Clare is also the birthplace of Grammy-nominated singer <a href="/wiki/Maura_O%27Connell" title="Maura O'Connell">Maura O'Connell</a> whose grandmother started a fish market in the town. The county has many traditional music festivals and one of the most well known is the <a href="/wiki/Willie_Clancy_Summer_School" title="Willie Clancy Summer School">Willie Clancy Summer School</a>, which is held every July in the town of <a href="/wiki/Milltown_Malbay" title="Milltown Malbay">Milltown Malbay</a> in memory of the renowned <a href="/wiki/Uilleann" class="mw-redirect" title="Uilleann">uilleann</a> piper, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Clancy_(musician)" title="Willie Clancy (musician)">Willie Clancy</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andy_Irvine_(musician)" title="Andy Irvine (musician)">Andy Irvine</a> has written two songs celebrating County Clare: one is "West Coast of Clare" (recorded with <a href="/wiki/Planxty" title="Planxty">Planxty</a> in 1973), in which he mentions <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Point,_County_Clare" title="Spanish Point, County Clare">Spanish Point</a> and Milltown Malbay. The other is "My Heart's Tonight in Ireland" (recorded on his solo album <i><a href="/wiki/Rain_on_the_Roof_(Andy_Irvine_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rain on the Roof (Andy Irvine album)">Rain on the Roof</a></i> in 1996, and again on <i><a href="/wiki/Changing_Trains" title="Changing Trains">Changing Trains</a></i> in 2005), in which he mentions several towns and villages in County Clare: Milltown Malbay, <a href="/wiki/Scariff" class="mw-redirect" title="Scariff">Scariff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kilrush" title="Kilrush">Kilrush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sixmilebridge" title="Sixmilebridge">Sixmilebridge</a>, Kilkishen, <a href="/wiki/Lahinch" title="Lahinch">Lahinch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennistymon" title="Ennistymon">Ennistymon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liscannor" title="Liscannor">Liscannor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kilkee" title="Kilkee">Kilkee</a>, and also makes two references to the music of Willie Clancy: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>In the town of Scarriff the sun was shining in the sky<br /> When Willie Clancy played his pipes and the tears welled in my eyes<br /> Many years have passed and gone since the time we had there<br /> But my heart's tonight in Ireland in the sweet County Clare.<br /> ...<br /> Lahinch and Ennistymon, Liscannor and Kilkee<br /> But best of all was Milltown when the music flowed so free<br /> Willie Clancy and the County Clare I'm ever in your debt<br /> For the sights and sounds of yesterday are shining memories yet. </p> </div></blockquote> <p>Milltown Malbay is home to Oidhreacht an Chlair, an institute for higher education in all aspects of Irish tradition, history and literature.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Clare_GAA" title="Clare GAA">Clare</a> <a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">hurling</a> team has one of the best records of success in the country in recent years with many cups such as the <a href="/wiki/Liam_MacCarthy_Cup" title="Liam MacCarthy Cup">Liam MacCarthy Cup</a> having been won in 1914, 1995, 1997, 2013, and 2024, and also finalists in 2002. Clare won the Munster Final in football in 1992 beating Kerry. There is a strong <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">Gaelic Athletic Association</a> (GAA) presence in County Clare with the founder of the GAA, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cusack_(Gaelic_Athletic_Association)" title="Michael Cusack (Gaelic Athletic Association)">Michael Cusack</a>, having been born in <a href="/wiki/Carron,_County_Clare" class="mw-redirect" title="Carron, County Clare">Carron</a> which is situated in the heart of <a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">The Burren</a> in North Clare. Irish rugby internationals from Clare include Keith Wood, Anthony Foley & Marcus Horan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shannon_air,_Clare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg/220px-Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg/330px-Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg/440px-Shannon_air%2C_Clare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1361" /></a><figcaption>View from aircraft as it comes down to land at <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Airport" title="Shannon Airport">Shannon Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bunrattybig.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bunrattybig.jpg/220px-Bunrattybig.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bunrattybig.jpg/330px-Bunrattybig.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Bunrattybig.jpg/440px-Bunrattybig.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bunratty_Castle" title="Bunratty Castle">Bunratty Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Clare is served by two <a href="/wiki/National_primary_road" title="National primary road">national primary roads</a>—a classification referring to the major routes between major urban centres <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Ireland" title="Roads in Ireland">in Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-roads_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roads-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This includes the <a href="/wiki/N18_road_(Ireland)" title="N18 road (Ireland)">N18</a> connecting <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> to <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a>, which passes through Ennis and by route of the <a href="/wiki/N19_road_(Ireland)" title="N19 road (Ireland)">N19</a>—Shannon.<sup id="cite_ref-roads_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roads-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These two roads are part of the wider Western and Southern Corridor connecting many of the major settlements right across the island in these areas. There are also some significant <a href="/wiki/National_secondary_road" title="National secondary road">national secondary roads</a>—across the coast, stretching from <a href="/wiki/Ballyvaughan" title="Ballyvaughan">Ballyvaughan</a>, through <a href="/wiki/Ennistymon" title="Ennistymon">Ennistymon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kilkee" title="Kilkee">Kilkee</a>, before arriving at <a href="/wiki/Kilrush" title="Kilrush">Kilrush</a> is the <a href="/wiki/N67_road_(Ireland)" title="N67 road (Ireland)">N67</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-roads_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roads-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to this the <a href="/wiki/N68_road_(Ireland)" title="N68 road (Ireland)">N68</a> connects Kilrush to Ennis, while Ennis is connected to Ennistymon via the <a href="/wiki/N85_road_(Ireland)" title="N85 road (Ireland)">N85</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-roads_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roads-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mainland public transport is mostly limited to buses ran by <a href="/wiki/Irish_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Government">Irish Government</a> owned company <a href="/wiki/Bus_%C3%89ireann" title="Bus Éireann">Bus Éireann</a>; there are around 25 buses running frequent routes which pass through the majority of large settlements in Clare.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clare Bus, runs a limited number of "accessible buslines".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ennis_railway_station" title="Ennis railway station">Ennis railway station</a> operated by government-owned <a href="/wiki/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann" title="Iarnród Éireann">Iarnród Éireann</a> is the most significant railway station in Clare today; it was opened on 2 July 1859.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> By route of <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> the trains run from Ennis to <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Heuston_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Heuston railway station">Dublin</a> and it generally takes 3 hours to complete the journey.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was previously a far more extensive local railway network in Clare, laid while part of the United Kingdom, the <a href="/wiki/West_Clare_Railway" title="West Clare Railway">West Clare Railway</a> was in existence from its opening in 1887 by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Stewart_Parnell" title="Charles Stewart Parnell">Charles Stewart Parnell</a> until 1961 covering much of the county.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was quite inefficient, however, leading <a href="/wiki/Percy_French" title="Percy French">Percy French</a> to write the song <i><a href="/wiki/Are_Ye_Right_There_Michael" title="Are Ye Right There Michael">Are Ye Right There Michael?</a></i> about his experience. Much of it was dug up and dismantled by the Irish government from the 1950s to the 1970s after being deemed uneconomic; however, there remains local <a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">advocacy groups</a> who wish to conserve and restore parts of it.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The third-busiest airport in Ireland is located in Clare with the <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Airport" title="Shannon Airport">Shannon Airport</a>, which officially opened in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-shannonair_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shannonair-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">Dublin Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cork_Airport" title="Cork Airport">Cork Airport</a> it is one of the three primary airports in the country, handling 3.62 million passengers in 2007. Shannon was the first airport in Ireland to receive <a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_flight" title="Transatlantic flight">transatlantic flights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shannonair_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shannonair-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ryanair" title="Ryanair">Ryanair</a> is the main airline handling flights with Great Britain and Continental European countries such as Spain, France and Germany as the primary destinations.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much traffic from the United States is received, which <a href="/wiki/Aer_Lingus" title="Aer Lingus">Aer Lingus</a> mostly handles; it is sometimes used as a military stopover which has caused some controversy in the country,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but nonetheless has generated significant revenue for the airport.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are some local <a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">ferry</a> services as much of the county is surrounded by water; there is one from Killimer to <a href="/wiki/Tarbert,_County_Kerry" title="Tarbert, County Kerry">Tarbert Island</a> in Kerry<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also from <a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Aran_Islands" title="Aran Islands">Aran Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Inisheer" title="Inisheer">Inisheer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inishmore" title="Inishmore">Inishmore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_County_Clare" title="Category:People from County Clare">Category:People from County Clare</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Barry_(composer)" title="Gerald Barry (composer)">Gerald Barry</a>, composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Breen" title="Pat Breen">Pat Breen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Carey" title="Joe Carey">Joe Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Killeen" title="Tony Killeen">Tony Killeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Dooley" title="Timmy Dooley">Timmy Dooley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%ADle_De_Valera" class="mw-redirect" title="Síle De Valera">Síle De Valera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_O%27Donnell" title="Shane O'Donnell">Shane O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Carroll" title="Naomi Carroll">Naomi Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edna_O%27Brien" title="Edna O'Brien">Edna O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Regan" title="Brendan O'Regan">Brendan O'Regan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Lynam" title="Des Lynam">Des Lynam</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Clare" title="High Sheriff of Clare">High Sheriff of Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Was_Happy_Here" title="I Was Happy Here">I Was Happy Here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_County_Clare" title="List of rivers of County Clare">List of rivers of County Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Clare" title="Lord Lieutenant of Clare">Lord Lieutenant of Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Atlantic_Way" title="Wild Atlantic Way">Wild Atlantic Way</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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style="width:1%">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardnacrusha" title="Ardnacrusha">Ardnacrusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aughinish,_County_Clare" title="Aughinish, County Clare">Aughinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballaghline" title="Ballaghline">Ballaghline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyea,_County_Clare" title="Ballyea, County Clare">Ballyea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballycannan" title="Ballycannan">Ballycannan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballynacally" title="Ballynacally">Ballynacally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyvaughan" title="Ballyvaughan">Ballyvaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barefield" title="Barefield">Barefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodyke" title="Bodyke">Bodyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston,_County_Clare" title="Boston, County Clare">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgetown,_County_Clare" title="Bridgetown, County Clare">Bridgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadford,_County_Clare" title="Broadford, County Clare">Broadford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunratty" title="Bunratty">Bunratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cahiracon" title="Cahiracon">Cahiracon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigaholt" title="Carrigaholt">Carrigaholt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarecastle" title="Clarecastle">Clarecastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonlara" title="Clonlara">Clonlara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloonanaha" title="Cloonanaha">Cloonanaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clooneenagh" title="Clooneenagh">Clooneenagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connolly,_County_Clare" title="Connolly, County Clare">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coolmeen_(village)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coolmeen (village) (page does not exist)">Coolmeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooraclare" title="Cooraclare">Cooraclare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coore" title="Coore">Coore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corofin,_County_Clare" title="Corofin, County Clare">Corofin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranny" title="Cranny">Cranny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cratloe" title="Cratloe">Cratloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cree,_County_Clare" title="Cree, County Clare">Cree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross,_County_Clare" title="Cross, County Clare">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusheen" title="Crusheen">Crusheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doolin" title="Doolin">Doolin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doonaha" title="Doonaha">Doonaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doonbeg" title="Doonbeg">Doonbeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doora,_County_Clare" title="Doora, County Clare">Doora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanore" title="Fanore">Fanore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feakle" title="Feakle">Feakle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurlers_Cross" title="Hurlers Cross">Hurlers Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inagh" title="Inagh">Inagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivarstown" title="Ivarstown">Ivarstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilbaha" title="Kilbaha">Kilbaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildysart" title="Kildysart">Kildysart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilfenora" title="Kilfenora">Kilfenora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkishen" title="Kilkishen">Kilkishen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killimer" title="Killimer">Killimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmaley" title="Kilmaley">Kilmaley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmihil" title="Kilmihil">Kilmihil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmoon" title="Kilmoon">Kilmoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmurry-Negaul" title="Kilmurry-Negaul">Kilmurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilnaboy" title="Kilnaboy">Kilnaboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilnamona" title="Kilnamona">Kilnamona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilshanny" title="Kilshanny">Kilshanny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knock,_County_Clare" title="Knock, County Clare">Knock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labasheeda" title="Labasheeda">Labasheeda</a></li> <li><a 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County Clare">Quin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruan,_County_Clare" title="Ruan, County Clare">Ruan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarriff" title="Scarriff">Scarriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixmilebridge" title="Sixmilebridge">Sixmilebridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spancill_Hill,_County_Clare" title="Spancill Hill, County Clare">Spancill Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Point,_County_Clare" title="Spanish Point, County Clare">Spanish Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toonagh,_County_Clare" title="Toonagh, County Clare">Toonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuamgraney" title="Tuamgraney">Tuamgraney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubber,_County_Clare" title="Tubber, County Clare">Tubber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullig,_County_Clare" title="Tullig, County Clare">Tullig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitegate,_County_Clare" title="Whitegate, County Clare">Whitegate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Burren" title="The Burren">Burren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loop_Head" title="Loop Head">Loop Head Peninsula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Islands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aughinish,_County_Clare" title="Aughinish, County Clare">Aughinish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_Island" title="Canon Island">Canon Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Island_(Ireland)" title="Deer Island (Ireland)">Deer Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inis_Cathaigh" title="Inis Cathaigh">Inis Cathaig (or Scattery Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inis_Cealtra" title="Inis Cealtra">Inis Cealtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishloe" title="Inishloe">Inishloe</a></li> <li><a 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