The village of Cooraclare is in the parish of Cooraclare (Kilmacduane) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
It is Шаблон:Convert from Kilrush on the road from Kilrush to Miltown Malbay. The old name for the parish is Kilmacduane, which was joined for a while to the parish of Kilmihil. In 1848 the two were again separated and Cooraclare took its present name. The parish includes the village of Cree, at times spelled Creegh.[2]
The parish has two churches, St Senan's in Cooraclare and St Mary's in Cree.[3]
Cooraclare have won the Clare Senior Football Championship in 1915, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1944, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1986 and 1997, and also hosts the Rose of Clare Festival every year in August since 1979
A song associated with Cooraclare is entitled "The Chapel Gate of Cooraclare".
The D'Arcys Brothers, who were active in the War of Independence. In 2023 a monument was erected to their memory in Cooraclare Village which is known as "D'Arcy's Remembered"Шаблон:Cn
Michael D'Arcy who died age 22 at Poulmore Cooraclare whilst taking part in an ambush of the Cooraclare RIC.[6]
Patrick D'Arcy who was an active Volunteer & later executed aged 25 in nearby Doonbeg.[7]
Jack D'Arcy who was sentenced to death but evaded British custody enroute to Limerick Gaol.
