The home of the MacDonagh family, with Joseph and Mary Louise and their six children, nurtured fine qualities and many talents. Perhaps the gift of […]
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Lahorna De Wets-Tipperary senior hurling champions 1902
Posted on 08 Feb 2021 | 0 Comments
Lahorna De Wets hurling club were the predecessors of Kilruane MacDonaghs club in the parish of Cloughjordan. They were founded in 1900 and named after […]
Read More »The first day of February
Posted on 01 Feb 2021 | 0 Comments
February begins with a celebration – Spring has arrived! The early Irish church dedicated the day to ‘Muire na nGael’, bestowing the honour of that […]
Read More »Centenary of Fatal Shooting of James Devanney
Posted on 23 Jan 2021 | 0 Comments
James Devanney an IRA Active Service Unit member was fatally wounded on January 26th 1921 near O’Meara’s pub in Kilruane. James from Pallas, Toomevara was […]
Read More »Cloughjordan Famine Victims
Posted on 13 Jan 2021 | 0 Comments
On the 15th January 1848 a child William Quirke aged 4 years died from starvation in a roadside hut at Bantiss, Cloughjordan. He was the […]
Read More »Joe MacDonagh Remembered
Posted on 10 Jan 2021 | 0 Comments
This photo was taken on the evening of Christmas Day at the entrance to the 1916 Memorial Garden in Cloughjordan. Members of the Cloughjordan Heritage […]
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