Editing Cratloe (section)

{{short description |Village in County Clare, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Cratloe
|native_name = {{lang|ga|An Chreatalach}}
|native_name_lang = ga
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Cratloe railway station (site), County Clare (geograph 6348159).jpg
|image_caption = Site of Cratloe railway station, which opened in 1859 and closed in 1963
|pushpin_map = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Munster]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[County Clare]]
|established_title = 
|established_date = 
|unit_pref = Metric
|area_footnotes = <ref name="City Population">{{cite web |title=Cratloe (Ireland) |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/clare/16554__cratloe/ |website=citypopulation.de |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 1.459
|population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="City Population"/>
|population_total = 899
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = [[West European Time|WET]] 
|utc_offset1 = +0
|timezone1_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]) 
|utc_offset1_DST = -1
|coordinates = {{coord|52.698598|-8.762973|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = 
|elevation_m =
|blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]]
|blank_info = {{iem4ibx|R402624}}
|website = {{URL|www.clarecoco.ie}}
|footnotes = 
}}
{{Historical populations|state=collapsed|width=22.2em
|1841|1988
|1851|1310
|1861|1141
|1871|761
|1881|737
|1891|662
|1901|585
|1911|529
|1926|514
|1936|540
|1946|514
|1951|500
|1956|470
|1961|430
|1966|454
|1971|562
|1979|1078
|1981|1038
|1986|1146
|1991|1334
|1996|1173
|2002|1360
|2006|1504
|2011|1438
|2016|692
|2022|899
| footnote= <ref name="City Population"/><ref name="Irish Census Records">{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.ie/en/census/historicalreports/ | title=Census Historical Reports | publisher=cso.ie | access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="All Irish Census Records">{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.ie/census/Table8.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704182858/http://www.cso.ie/census/Table8.htm | url-status=live | archive-date=4 July 2011 | title=Irish Population Change Between 2006-2011 | publisher=cso.ie | access-date=21 August 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Irish Census 1926">{{cite web | url=http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C%201926%20V1%20T11.pdf | title=Census Change 1911-1926 | publisher=cso.ie | access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="Cratloe Population - Hostpop">{{cite web | url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/Search?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar+General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=Cratloe&search=Search&simple=yes&path=Results&treestate=expandnew&active=yes&titlepos=0 | title=Cratloe Population Stasistics 1841-1901 | publisher=histpop.org | access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>
}}
'''Cratloe''' ({{Irish place name|An Chreatalach}})<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1165910 | title = An Chreatalach/Cratloe | website = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] (logainm.ie) | access-date = 22 October 2021}}</ref> is a village in [[County Clare]], Ireland, situated between [[Limerick]] and [[Shannon, County Clare|Shannon]] in the mid-west region. It is possible that the name derives from ''Croit-shliabh'' meaning "hump-backed hill", referring to Woodcock Hill. The present-day parish of Cratloe consists of the former parish of [[Kilfintinan]] and a portion of the contemporary parish of [[Killeely]]. This was agreed upon by priests in the 18th century, who claimed there were not enough members of the clergy to operate fully in both parishes.<ref name="Kilfintenan and Kileely to Cratloe">{{cite web | url=http://www.cratloe.org/NEWSITE/parishhistory.php | title=Cratloe Parish History | publisher=cratloe.org | access-date=1 January 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075810/http://www.cratloe.org/NEWSITE/parishhistory.php | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=usurped }}</ref>