Coonagh, Limerick City
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Coonagh Cuanach
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 Coonagh
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| Coordinates: 52°40′01″N 8°41′20″W / 52.6668678°N 8.6887566°WCoordinates: 52°40′01″N 8°41′20″W / 52.6668678°N 8.6887566°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 5,129 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R531575 |
Coonagh (Irish: Cuanach, meaning "winding, abounding in hollows, estuary") is an area, comprising the townlands of:
Coonagh is situated at the north-western corner of County Limerick in Ireland on the banks of the River Shannon near the border with County Clare, and in fact was at one point in history situated within County Clare, prior to a boundary extension that saw it transfer to Limerick. The area was transferred from Limerick County to Limerick City in 2008. It is part of the Catholic Meelick/Parteen/Coonagh parish in the diocese of Limerick, with several generations of Coonagh families having attended Meelick National School (Scoil Mhuire Miliuc), Co. Clare. In 1111 AD, Parteen, Meelick and Coonagh were assigned to the Diocese of Limerick at the Synod of Ráth Breasail when the boundaries of the dioceses were drawn up.
The Tithe Applotments of Co. Clare also indicate that Coonagh was part of the parish of Killeely in 1833.
Excavations conducted prior to commencement of building the Limerick Southern Ring Road and Limerick Tunnel uncovered treasures such as penannular ring pins, and several post-medieval brick-making kilns. Also recovered were a copper-alloy stick pin, a needle, two saddle querns, burnt stone deposits, and very high quantities of animal bone (including worked antler handles, horn cores, and spindle whorls, indicating textile making), alder wood charcoal, and charred hazelnut shells. The largest site uncovered was an Early Christian ditched enclosure at Coonagh West with a diameter of 40m that exploited a glacial drumlin, including a series of shallow gullies and oak post holes both internal and external to the enclosure, indicative of houses having been present dating back to the 16th century BC, a 27m trackway that enabled access to and from the river, pits, a hearth, as well as some pottery. Archaeologists suggested that it may have been a type of ringfort that exploited a dry gravel mound in a predominantly wet and marginal landscape.
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