Kilrush

Kilrush
Irish: Cill Rois
Town
Kilrush town centre
Coat of arms
Kilrush
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°38′24″N 9°29′10″W / 52.640°N 9.486°W / 52.640; -9.486
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Clare
Population
 (2022)
2,649
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
V15
Telephone area code+353(0)65
Irish Grid ReferenceQ992554
Websitewww.kilrush.ie

Kilrush (Irish: Cill Rois, meaning 'Church of the Woods') is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. Kilrush is one of the listed Heritage Towns of Ireland. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956.

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