Adare Áth Dara
Oh sweet Adare! oh, lovely vale! Oh, oft retreat of sylvan splendour, Nor summer sun, nor morning gale E'er hailed a scene more softly tender Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52°21′N 8°29′W / 52.35, -8.48
Statistics
Province:	Munster
County:	County Limerick
Dáil Éireann:	Limerick West
Dialling Code:	061-39
Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:	2,012  580

Brightly coloured houses and shops line Adare's main street.

Photo of thatched cottages.

Adare (Irish: Áth Dara, meaning the ford of the oak) (Population 2,592 (CSO, 2006)^[1]) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Ireland Map with County Limerick Magnified. ... The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 24,607. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Limerick Code: LK Area: 2,686 km² Population (2006) 183,863 (including Limerick City); 131,303 (without Limerick City) Website: www. ... This article is about the current Irish body. ... The Limerick West parliamentary constituency is located in the western part of the Munster county. ... Subscriber trunk dialling (STD) (also known as Subscriber toll dialling) is an obsolete term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. ... Download high resolution version (1489x1024, 349 KB)Brightly coloured houses and shops line Adares main street. ... Download high resolution version (1489x1024, 349 KB)Brightly coloured houses and shops line Adares main street. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1064 pixel, file size: 849 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken in March 2007 by Luke M. Curley. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1064 pixel, file size: 849 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken in March 2007 by Luke M. Curley. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Limerick Code: LK Area: 2,686 km² Population (2006) 183,863 (including Limerick City); 131,303 (without Limerick City) Website: www. ...

General Information

The name Adare is derived from Áth Dara, meaning 'the ford of the oak' and was historically a crossing point on the river Maigue. The River Maigue rises in the Ballyhoura Mountains of north County Cork, Ireland, and flows through Croom and Adare in County Limerick before entering the estuary of the River Shannon just north of Askeaton. ...

Renowned as one of Ireland's prettiest villages ^[2], Adare is designated as a Heritage Town by the Irish government.

Adare is located 16 km/10 miles from Limerick City. This article is about the city in Ireland. ...

Economy

Adare is a major tourist destination with many tours of Ireland's south-west stopping off in the village. The local heritage centre, which gives a deep insight into the history of the village, also hosts a number of craft shops. Adare is also a popular wedding and conference venue. Adare is becoming a major golf destination with two 18-hole courses, the Adare Golf Club, which incorporates a driving range and which is set to be the site of the 2007 Irish Open, the Adare Manor Golf Club and a Pitch and Putt course. Adare has two equestrian centres: Clonshire and Adare Manor. Adare is home to a number of world-renowned stables. The Adare Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. ... The Irish Open is a European Tour golf tournament which is currently played in May each year. ... The Adare Manor Golf Club is an 18-hole private members golf course in the village of Adare, County Limerick. ... The Clonshire Equestrian Centre is located approximately 4 km from the village of Adare Co. ... The Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort is a luxury hotel located in the Village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. ...

Accommodation, Food, Drink and Entertainment

The village offers three Hotels: the Adare Manor, Dunraven Arms and Woodlands House. The Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort is a luxury hotel located in the Village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. ... The Dunraven Arms Hotel is a four star hotel located in the village of Adare, Co. ... The Woodlands House Hotel is a three star hotel located just outside the village of Adare in county Limerick, Ireland. ...

Adare has six public houses. In the village: Bill Chawke's, Collins', Seán Collins' and Lena's. In the outlying areas are The Thatch and Neville's. Additionally each of the three hotels and the two golf courses have bars/restaurants. Many of the pubs and bars serve food.

There is seven restaurants: The Wild Geese, The Inn Between, The Abbots Rest, The Aches Restaurant, The Blue Door Cottage Pantry, The Golden Dragon and The Pink Potato.

Cafés include Lloyd's and Bia.

There are also cottages for rent and numerous B&Bs.

Architecture

The main street combines quintessential Irish architecture with the English styled buildings and infrastructure purpose-built for the Dunraven estate. Examples of the latter architectural forms include the thatched cottages near the entrance to Adare Manor The Adare Manor is a 19th century manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, Co. ...

Schools

St. Joseph's National School (boys), Our Lady's Abbey NS (girls), St. Nicholas' primary school (mixed) and Scoil Seán tSraide (mixed)

Transport

The main Limerick-Kerry road, the N21 goes through the village. The Adare bypass is at an advanced planning stage with construction planned to begin in 2008. Adare is a stop on the hourly Limerick-Tralee/Killarney bus service. A railway line to Foynes passes through the town, but Adare Railway Station has been closed for decades. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference R574572 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 20. ... Kerry may refer to: In American politics: Alexandra Kerry, the elder daughter of 2004 US Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry Cameron Kerry, the younger brother and political confidant of John F. Kerry John Kerry, a United States Senator from Massachusetts and the former 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate Kerry Healey, Lieutenant... The N21 road is a National Primary Route in Ireland, forming part of the overall route from Limerick to Tralee. ... The route of the Adare bypass The Adare bypass is a road project in the design phase which, when finished, will carry the N21 Tralee-Limerick road around the village of Adare, Limerick. ... Most rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. ... Foynes (Faing in Irish) is a small town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary. ...

History

Adare is derived from Áth Dara, 'the ford of the oak'. The town was first settled near a ford (crossing point) on the river Mague in the region known as Ardshanbally (derived from ard sean bhaile, 'high old town'), near where the Desmond castle stands today. Historically a market town, in the middle ages Adare was a major settlement and boasted three monasteries and a castle. A ford, with pedestrian footbridge, on a minor road near Weimar bei Kassel in Germany The ford at Brockenhurst, leading into the village centre, following heavy rain. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

Augustinian Priory

The Augustinian Priory was founded in 1315 by John, Earl of Kildare. The Priory was suppressed in the reign of Henry VIII. In 1807 the church of the Priory was given to the local Church of Ireland congregation as the parish church. In 1814 the refectory was rooved and converted into a schoolhouse. Between 1852 and 1854 a second restoration of the church was undertaken by Caroline Countess of Dunraven. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The Church of Ireland (Irish: ) is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...

Franciscan Abbey

The Franciscan friary was founded in 1464 by the Earl of Kildare and completed two years later. It is currently a ruin and is located inside the Adare Manor Golf Club. Every Easter Sunday a dawn mass is celebrated in the Abbey. The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Earl of Kildare is an Irish peerage title. ... The Adare Manor Golf Club is an 18-hole private members golf course in the village of Adare, County Limerick. ...

Trinitarian Abbey

The Trinitarian order established their only monastery in Ireland in Adare in 1230. The Abbey was restored in 1811 by the first Earl of Dunraven as the Catholic Parish church. The adjective trinitarian is used in several senses: Ideas or things pertaining to the Holy Trinity A person or group adhering to the doctrine of Trinitarianism, which holds God to subsist in the form of the Holy Trinity The Trinitarian Order is a Catholic monastic order founded in 1198 by... The Earldom of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (sometimes spellt Mount Earl or Mountearl) was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1822. ...

Desmond Castle

Said to have been built originally by the O'Donovans, and afterwards to have passed into the possession of the Kildare branch of the Fitzgeralds. Desmond castle, as it is popularly known stands on the north bank of the Mague. An extensive renovation is being carried out on the castle since 1996 and supervised tours are offered in the summer months.

Culture

Sport

Gaelic Games, especially hurling is popular in Adare. The hurling team finally won its first county hurling championship in 2001 and successfully defended their title in 2002 only to be denied a 3 in a row in 2003 after narrowly losing the county final to great rivals and neighbours Patrickswell. Gaelic games are the native sports of Ireland: principally Hurling, Gaelic Football and Camogie. ... For the Cornish sport, see Cornish Hurling. ... :For more details of Limerick GAA see Limerick Senior Club Football Championship or Limerick Senior Club Hurling Championship. ... Patrickswell (Tobar Phádraig in Irish) is a small town in County Limerick, Ireland. ...

In football Adare haven't traditionally been successful, however in 2002 they reached their first county final, where they drew the first game, and lost the replay by just a point. Gaelic football (Irish: Peil or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, Gaelic or GAA (gah), is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ...

In 2007 they became the only club in the county to have teams in both the county hurling and football championships following Monaleen's demotion to Intermidiate hurling in the 2006 season.

The village regularly enjoys success at underage level in both codes.

The local soccer team is known as Adare United AFC. They currently play at Deer Park Field, situated just off the Blackabbey Road in the village. Formed in 1937 they are one of the oldest Association Football teams outside of Limerick City and recently celebrated their 70th Anniversary. Adare Utd participate in the Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League at Under 8, U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups and also in the Limerick Desmond League at Junior (adult) level. The 2006/07 Season saw the club form its first ever ladies team. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Golf is also popular in Adare. There are two 18 hole golf courses in the village. The Adare Golf Club is on the grounds of the Adare Manor and the other - which, confusingly, is actually called Adare Manor Golf Club - is on the northside of the river Maigue. From 2007 to 2009 the Irish Open will be held at Adare Golf Club. The Adare Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. ... The Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort is a luxury hotel located in the Village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. ... The Adare Manor Golf Club is an 18-hole private members golf course in the village of Adare, County Limerick. ... The Irish Open is a European Tour golf tournament which is currently played in May each year. ... The Adare Golf Club is an 18-hole championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. ...

Trivia

• Adare was national winner of the tidy towns competition in 1976.

• Cape Adare (Antarctica) was named in honour of Viscount Adare by his friend Captain Ross in January 1841. The title is derived from the village.

Topographic map of the Cape Adare region Cape Adare is the northeastern most peninsula in Victoria Land, East Antarctica. ... The Earldom of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (sometimes spellt Mount Earl or Mountearl) was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1822. ... Sir James Clark Ross (April 15, 1800 – April 3, 1862), was a British naval officer and explorer. ...

See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

Coordinates: 52°34′N, 8°48′W This is a link page for cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland, including larger villages, and villages and townlands of note, as well as towns, townships or urban centres in Dublin. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

References

1. ^ Census 2006. http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/2006_prelim_table04.pdf
2. ^ Shannon Region Tourism - Shannon Development. http://www.shannonregiontourism.ie/content.asp?id=80

External links

• Adare in Wikitravel

• Adare Heritage Centre
• Shannon Region Tourism's page on Adare
• General Information on Adare
• General Information on accomidation, etc.
• Irish Open at Adare Manor Website
• Adare local area plan(Limerick County Council)(2002)