Lauragh (Irish: An Láithreach)[1] is a village on the Beara Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland.[2] The townlands of Lauragh Upper and Lauragh Lower contain several ringfort and souterrain sites.[3] There is a stone circle and stone row site, in Cashelkeelty townland, near Lauragh.[4]
Lauragh's former post office, now a pub, was built c. 1870.[5] As of 2017, the modern post office operated alongside a café and bike hire business.[6][7]
The area's national (primary) school, Lauragh National School, was built in 1862.[8][9] As of 2024, there were 13 children enrolled at the small school.[10]
The local Catholic church, St. Killian's church in Lauragh, is in Tuosist parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry.[11]
- ^ "An Láithreach / Lauragh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Public meet amid fears for the future of picturesque village of Lauragh in Co Kerry". Irish Examiner. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2009.
- ^ "Cashelkeelty E - Stone Circle in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Kerry". megalithic.co.uk. 13 October 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Lauragh Post Office, Lauragh Lower, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Reinventing the rural post office at Pedals & Boots". The Farmers Journal. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Pedals & Boots Café, Lauragh". pedalsandboots.ie. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Lauragh National School, Lauragh Lower, Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "School takes novel approach to boosting pupil numbers". Southern Star. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Directory Page - Lauragh National School". gov.ie. Department of Education. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Parish - Tuosist". dioceseofkerry.ie. Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
Churches: St Kilian's, Lauragh [..] Dawros Church