placenamesStrand
An Trá
An old church ruin, parish sporting celebrations and the Rambling House preserve different aspects of Strand’s local history.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Trá · Irish · main form · validated name
- Strand · English · main form
Place & story
The old church at Strand
Strand contains the ruin known as Teampull na hIngine Baoit. The diocesan heritage survey records surviving windows in its south wall and reports that the north and east walls collapsed during the storm of January 1839. Its dedication has prompted differing interpretations: the survey follows antiquarian Thomas Johnson Westropp in associating it with Saint Baoith, while noting his disagreement with Samuel Lewis’s earlier explanation of the name. [2]
A village homecoming
Strand was the setting for the homecoming celebrations after Monagea won the county Junior A hurling championship in 1997. The club’s own history records Eddie Hogan as captain, Jack O’Dwyer as trainer and Pat Heirlihy as the scorer of the decisive points at Kilmallock. Its account of the reception in the village places Strand within the wider parish’s sporting life, with several generations gathering to welcome the team. [3]
Music at the Rambling House
The Rambling House in Strand hosted an edition of RTÉ Radio 1’s Céilí House broadcast on 5 May 2012. Contemporary community notes record Kieran Hanrahan presenting local instrumentalists and singers, including Deirdre Scanlon performing songs associated with Barna Hill and Monagea. Oliver Houlihan contributed an account of the area’s musicians, while Tim Mulcahy discussed Gaelic games and the village’s origins. The broadcast brought several aspects of local cultural history into one programme. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Civil parish
- Killeedy
- Within
- Glenmore East
- Coordinates
- 52.39835, -9.11668 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 123644 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Strand. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Monagea parish: church ruins · Limerick Diocesan Heritage Project
- Monagea GAA club history · Monagea GAA
- Parish Notes, May 28, 2012: Céilí House · Carrigkerry / Old Mill Development
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.