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Cranny (Irish: An Chrannaigh) is a small village in County Clare, Ireland.[1]

Cranny An Chrannaigh
Village
Cranny Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.668°N 9.229°W / 52.668; -9.229
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	Q841518

Location

Cranny lies on the banks of the Cloon River, which flows into the estuary of the River Shannon at Clonderlaw Bay.

Facilities

There is a local Gaelic Athletic Association club, Coolmeen GAA, founded in 1887 three years after the association came together. Coolmeen GAA succeeded in the Clare Senior Football Championship in 1919 and 1921, in the Clare Intermediate Football Championship in 1959, 1966 and 1967 and in the Clare Junior A Football Championship in 1958, 1964, 1983 and 1999. The parish also has a national school. The Cranny N.S. is a co-educational catholic primary school

Notable people

• Peadar Clancy

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

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