Adare Friary

Adare (; Irish: Áth Dara, meaning 'ford of [the] oak') is a village in County Limerick, Ireland, located south-west of the city of Limerick. Adare is designated as a heritage town by the Irish government. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though retaining some of the walls of the 17th-century structure. It is now the Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, a luxury hotel, and contains the Michelin-starred Oak Room restaurant. Due to British control of Ireland at the time, all of the initial formal architects of Adare Manor were from England. However, the 3rd Earl of Dunraven wrote the following words of high praise towards the Irish stonemason, James Connolly, who made significant architectural contributions: "the greater portion of the building, and that the boldest in conception and most picturesque in effect, was designed by an amateur, not a single drawing having been furnished by an architect; and a still larger portion was erected without the employment of either builder or clerk of the works; everything was carried on for twenty-one years solely under the superintendence of that remarkable man..."

Adare GAA club is a GAA club based in Adare, County Limerick, Republic of Ireland. Adare have reached the County Senior Hurling Final on 12 occasions. After losing the finals of 1968, 1986, 1990, 1993 and 1996, they finally won their first championship in 2001 and successfully defended it in 2002. In 2003, they narrowly missed out on winning three county titles in a row after losing out to Patrickswell in the final. However, Adare managed to complete a historic 3-in-a-row in 2007 and 2008 and 2009. 2008 marked their first win in the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship when they overcame Toomevara. They were subsequently defeated in the Munster Final by De La Salle on a scoreline of 0–10 to 1-09.Adare saw a sharp rise in Limerick football prominence winning consecutive promotion through the Junior B, Junior A and Intermediate ranks from 1999, 2000, 2001 respectively. Adare were defeated by Monaleen after a replay in the 2002 Limerick Senior Football Championship. Adare's second Senior Final appearance was in 2010, where they were again defeated by Monaleen. In 2016, Adare won the Limerick Intermediate Football Championship and subsequently gained promotion back to Limerick Senior Football Championship. In the same year, Adare then became the first Limerick club to beat Cork opposition in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship overcoming Kiskeam in the Munster Semi-Final. Adare were defeated by a formidable Kenmare Shamrocks team in the Munster Club Final. In 2017, the club again made history winning the County Senior Championship for the first time, beating Newcastle West in the Final. In 2018, the club went on to retain the title, becoming the first team in history to win 2 senior titles immediately following success at intermediate level. In 2020, Adare then secured a third Senior Championship title beating Ballylanders comprehensively in the Final.

Kilgobbin House is a country house in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland. Kilgobbin was the original seat of the Quin family, and mostly served as the dower house after the construction of Adare Manor. In 1777, Sir Richard Quin, later created 1st Earl of Dunraven, married Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, a daughter of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester. Richard's father, Windham Quin, gave him Kilgobbin, where the couple lived until Quin inherited Adare Manor. In the 1980s, Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, sold Adare Manor, and Kilgobbin returned to being the family seat. The peerages became extinct on the death of the 7th Earl in 2011.

Kildimo (Irish: Cill Díoma) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. The village is located on the N69 National Route about 13 km west of Limerick city close to the River Shannon estuary. The population was 417 at the 2016 census.

Dísert Óengusa (Irish pronunciation: [ˈdʲiːʃəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːŋɡəsˠə]) is a medieval hermitage and National Monument located in County Limerick, Ireland.

County Limerick (Irish: Contae Luimnigh) is a western county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Limerick. Limerick City and County Council is the local council for the county. The county's population at the 2022 census was 209,536 of whom 102,287 lived in Limerick City, the county capital.

Patrickswell GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Patrickswell in County Limerick, Ireland. The club is almost exclusively concerned with the game of hurling and currently holds the record for most Limerick Senior Hurling Championship wins (20).

Patrickswell, historically known as Toberpatrick (Irish: Tobar Phádraig), is a small town in County Limerick, Ireland. It is primarily a commuter village for people working in Limerick, particularly the nearby industrial suburb of Raheen. The population was 847 at the 2016 census.

Croom (Irish: Cromadh) is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located just off the N20 (which has bypassed the town since 2001) on the River Maigue. It is 8 km southeast of Adare on the N20. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Killulta Church is a medieval church and a National Monument in County Limerick, Ireland.

Croom Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Croom) is an orthopaedic hospital in Croom, County Limerick, Ireland. It is managed by UL Hospitals Group.