Cappagh, County Limerick
civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland
Cappagh (Irish: Ceapach) is a parish in west County Limerick, Ireland. The parish was previously known as Connello Lower and Nantenan, with the latter now a townland in the parish. It is surrounded by the parishes of Askeaton and Kilcornan (to the north), Rathkeale (to the south), Croagh (to the east), and Coolcappa (to the west). The patron saint of the parish is St. James.
The parish has no public house, post office, or shop, one of the few parishes in Limerick to be without any of these amenities.
Community organisations
Organisations in the area include the:
Cappagh GAA club. The club was formed in 1993 and only plays Gaelic football. Generally, most parishioners who play hurling play with neighbouring club Croagh-Kilfinny; similarly, Gaelic footballers in Croagh and Kilfinny play for Cappagh. The GAA field was purchased in 1997 and is now fully playable.
“Cappagh, County Limerick” enters the record as civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cappagh, County and Limerick can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Cappagh, County Limerick” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Cappagh, County and Limerick provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4213168. Authority coordinates are 52.558, -8.899. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 1997.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cappagh, County Limerick” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.