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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC
20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A - 16 OR 15D - 16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
20 December 2018
Commission
File No. 001-32846
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CRH
public limited company
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
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Belgard Castle, Clondalkin,
Dublin 22, Ireland.
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports
under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form
20-F X Form
40-F___
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by
Regulation
S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_________
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by
Regulation
S-T Rule 101(b)(7):________
Enclosure:
Transaction in Own
Shares
20th December
2018
RE-ISSUE OF TREASURY SHARES
CRH plc announces that yesterday, 19th December
2018, it transferred to participants in its employee share
scheme 4,464 Ordinary Shares at a price of €16.19 per
Ordinary Share.
Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 27,196,798 Ordinary
Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue
(excluding Treasury Shares) is 816,193,540.
Contact
Diarmuid Enright
Assistant Company Secretary
Tel: 003531 6344340
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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CRH public limited company
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(Registrant)
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Date
20 December
2018
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By:___/s/Neil
Colgan
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N.Colgan
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Company Secretary
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