Lauragh
Lauragh (Irish: An Láithreach)[1] is a village, on the Beara Peninsula, in 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]
