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Recorded forms
Cora Chaitlín· Irish · main form · validated name
Newmarket on Fergus· English · main form
Place & story
The enclosure on Mooghaun's hill
Less than three kilometres from Newmarket on Fergus, Mooghaun Hillfort overlooks the Fergus and Shannon estuaries. Its ramparts date to the late Bronze Age, with later rebuilding and occupation adding other structures. Survey and excavation in 1992–94 investigated the site through the Discovery Programme's North Munster Project. Cairns, stone enclosures and round-house remains form part of the complex. The scale and position of the monument suggest a place of considerable authority within the surrounding landscape.[2]
Gold beside the lake
A remarkable hoard was discovered at Mooghaun North in 1854 in marshy ground near a lake. The National Museum describes more than 150 objects weighing about five kilograms, mostly bracelets, with gold collars and neck-rings among them. The discovery belongs to the wider late Bronze Age practice of depositing valuable objects in watery places. Its jewellery provides a different kind of evidence for the region's wealth from the stone ramparts on the nearby hill.[3]
People & connections
The O'Briens' new Dromoland
Dromoland's present castle-style house was built for the O'Briens in the nineteenth century, replacing an eighteenth-century house. Architects James and George Richard Pain designed its imposing form. A round tower and a square tower, both battlemented, dominate the exterior, while a fortified-looking entrance hall continues the effect inside. The sixteenth Lord Inchiquin sold the property in 1962, after which it became a hotel. This is a designed country-house landscape as well as a setting with much earlier archaeological remains.[4]
Newmarket-On-Fergus — Census 2016 settlement footprint
Population within 2016 settlement boundaries
1,972people · 2022
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Newmarket-On-Fergus — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 2006 report
2002–2006: census town
1,542people · 2006
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Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 1996 report
1991–1996: census town
1,542people · 1996
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Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 1986 report
1981–1986: census town
1,678people · 1986
Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.
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Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
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Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clare
Published census settlement populations
1,784people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
Dromoland Castle, near Newmarket on Fergus illustration: based on a Dromoland Castle by Charles W Glynn. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
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