A visit to Crusheen, Co. Clare in 2019

A slideshow of photos I took during my visit to Crusheen in County Clare on Monday 25th February 2019.

Crusheen (Irish: Croisín, meaning "the little cross") is a village in the north of County Clare.
The village is 10 kilometres northeast of Ennis on the R458 road to Gort. It is in the parish of Crusheen (Inchicronan) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. St Cronan's Church in Crusheen was built between 1836 and 1837. The village consists of St. Cronan's Church, Garda station, two public houses, post office, a supermarket, petrol station, funeral home. There is also a primary school and a community centre. The local GAA club is Crusheen GAA.

The main RTÉ Television and Radio Transmitter at Maghera mountain is located east-northeast of the village.

Bordering villages to Crusheen are Barefield, Ballinruan, Clooney and Ruan.

Crusheen village had a population of 543 in the 2016 Census.

The Limerick-Athenry railway line passes by Crusheen. Crusheen had a railway station but it closed in 1976 when this railway line closed to passenger rail services. It is now a private residence. When the Ennis-Athenry section of the Western Rail Corridor reopened in 2010 Crusheen did not get a new railway station but could still get a station sometime in the future.
Crusheen was on the N18 Limerick-Galway road. Crusheen was bypassed by the M18 motorway in 2010 while the N18 through Crusheen became the R458.

Bus Eireann route 51 serves Crusheen every hour an links Crusheen with Galway, Ennis, Shannon Airport, Limerick and Cork.

Crusheen GAA won the Clare Senior Hurling Championship in 2010 and 2011.