Duagh Dubháth | |
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Village | |
.JPG) Plaque in Duagh commemorating local involvement in the 1848Young Ireland rebellion | |
  Duagh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°24′58″N9°23′24″W / 52.416°N 9.39°W /52.416; -9.39 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Kerry |
| Population | |
• Total | 222 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R062305 |
Duagh (Irish:Dubháth, meaning 'black ford')[2] is a village inCounty Kerry,Ireland, located approximately 7 km southeast ofListowel and 7 km northwest ofAbbeyfeale on theR555 road.[3] It is also acivil parish andtownland.[2]
Duagh is a dormitory village for Listowel and Abbeyfeale and a local service centre for the rural hinterland. There is one shop, three public houses, two housing estates, a hardware store and petrol station/shop which are located on the village's only street at the centre of the village. Social facilities include a church and heritage/community hall and aGaelic Athletic Association club located at the centre of the village. The local primary school is also located in the village centre.[3]
The population of the Duagh Electoral Division increased during the intercensal period 1996–2002. In 2002 the population was recorded as 469 persons (CSO). This equates to an increase of 4.5%. Preliminary figures for the 2006 census show this increase slowing to 3%.[3]
In 1837 the village had a population of 210.[4] As of the2016 census, the village had 222 inhabitants.[1]
St. Bridgid's National School opened in Duagh in 1971, to take the place of five smaller schools in the parish which were closed. The five schools closed were Duagh, Islandanny, Derrindaffe, Dromlegach and Knockalougha.[5]
Bus Éireann route 13, which operates betweenLimerick andTralee several times a day, stops at Duagh. There is also aLocal Link bus service on Fridays.
The localGaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Duagh GAA, owns a 5-acre (20,000 m2) playing field in the village.[6] The club's first county championship came in 2002 when they won theKerry Novice Football Championship.[7] In 2006, Duagh won theKerry Junior Football Championship, and went on to win theMunster Junior Club Football Championship.[8] Duagh then reached theAll-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final, but lost by a single point toGreencastle ofCounty Tyrone inCroke Park.[9] In 2024, Duagh again won the Kerry Junior Football Championship defeatingTarbert in the final.[10] Duagh players who have formerly played with Kerry's senior county panel includeAnthony Maher,Dan MacAuliffe andKieran Quirke.[citation needed]
The village and its surrounding area were used as one of the filming locations for the Game of Thrones series. This included some of the wooded scenes from season 1 and 2.[11]
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