Whitegate, County Clare
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Whitegate
An Geata Bán (Irish) | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°57′00″N 8°22′24″W / 52.95°N 8.3734°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Population | 168 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Irish Grid Reference | R746888 |
Whitegate (Irish: An Geata Bán, meaning 'the white gate')[2] is a village on the R352 regional road in northeastern County Clare, Ireland. New houses have been built along the main street.[citation needed] Local pub 'The Half Barrel'.
It is part of the Catholic parish Mountshannon-Whitegate. The former local church, which had been in disuse for some years, is now a warehouse and lumberyard. A newer church has been erected in 1969.
Notable people
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Whitegate". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "An Geata Bán / Whitegate". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 13 January 2021.