Mungret
{{short description|Village in County Limerick, Ireland}}
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Mungret ({{irish place name|Mungairit}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1411626.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Mungairit / Mungret | accessdate = 27 December 2020 }} is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is 6 km south-west of Limerick city centre, on the N69 road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people.
The local church, which is dedicated to Saint Oliver Plunkett, was built in 1981; and is in the parish of Mungret, Crecora and Raheen within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick.{{cite web|url = https://www.mcrparish.com/home1/mungret-church/ | website = mcrparish.com | publisher = Parish of Mungret, Crecora & Raheen | title = Mungret Church | accessdate = 27 December 2020 }} The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Mungret St. Pauls GAA.{{cite web|url = https://www.mungretstpauls.com/history | website = mungretstpauls.com | title = Mungret St Pauls History | accessdate = 27 December 2020 }}
Places of interest
Mungret Abbey, approximately {{convert|1|km}} east of the village, is a medieval friary and designated National Monument within the parish.{{cite web|url = https://www.mcrparish.com/parish-info/parish-history/ | publisher = Parish of Mungret, Crecora & Raheen | website = mcrparish.com | title = Mungret Parish History | accessdate = 27 December 2020 }}
Close to the abbey is Mungret College, a (former) Jesuit secondary school.