The road which leads from Cloneen to the foot of Slievenamon is called the mountain road because it runs along the foot of the mountain. It is not tarred because it is not very important. It is a very old road. About one mile from Cloneen there is a bridge crossing the river Anner. It is called Melbourne bridge. The bridge which spans the clodac at Peafield was put up bout 65 years ago. Before the bridge was made they used large stones called stepping stones. There is a mass path from Tubber to Cloneen. The owners of the land which the path is on couldn't stop anyone from going on this path. When you are going from Tubber to Cloneen you cross over the Anner by means of a stick or plank. The Clonmel road is the oldest road from Cloneen.

(c) In both Cuid 1 and Cuid 11 of this collection, reference was made to the burning of a house, with a number of occupants as Banixtown, Killusty parish near Fethard, Co. Tipp. The named Banixtown is wrong' it should be Ballinatinn in Cloneen Parish, same district. This was corrected for me by Mr. Henry Smyth of Milestown House, Cloneen, Co. Tipp. He informed me that three spailpini were incinerated in the house, but was unacquainted with the tradition of Billy Noonan's, 'almost' hanging, although a native of the district Cloneen - and much older than myself.

Another was named Jeremiah Dunne used to teach at a farm Dillon's in Peafield, Cloneen.

My grandfather _ Lawrence Noonan Cloneen _had charge of the Indian meal which was doled out in those days. My aunt Miss St. Noonan Cloneen remembers the measure used. It consisted of a box divided into six compartments _ one double any of the others. Each of the small ones measured a pound (for the children) and the large one two lbs. (for each parent).
The famine in this district was not as bad as in other parts of the country. People from cloneen went to Bannontown about two miles between Cloneen and Fethard _ to set their potatoes.

Regarding the above, mentioned two pages back - that was the road the people of Cloneen and district took when ont heir way to Dublin with corn. The journey used take six days. [Miss St. Noonan, Cloneen who says she heard it from Wm Maher Cloneen, deceased] [£3 a barrel for wheat]
In Bienconi's time the coach road from Clonnel to Dublin was probably identical with this, as this road easily connects with the

This song was composed by Mr T. Keating N.S. Cloneen. R.I.P. age 42. This song was told by Miss H Noonan Cloneen age [?] years

Cloran.
There is the remains of an old Church in the old Church yard of Cloneen. Some of the walls are knocked, and all the (rofe) roofe of it is knocked. There were two rooms in it and it is said that the priests used live in one of them and say mass in the other. At that time Cloneen and Kilusty were the one parish and the priests used live in Cloneen. There are four windows in it and two very small ones cut out in the wall, and two doors, on of them is a big door, and

2) Stone slab over a grave of Dalton family inscribed simply Dolithoon - phonetic spelling for Irish form of Dalton. Family resided at Kilburry Cloneen.

Miss Hanora Noonan Cloneen was born about 1868. She became a monitress in Drangen Convet school but from about the age of sixteen her sight began to leave her and since then she has practically lost it completely. From time to time she composed various poems on different themes. They are mostly dealing with events in the lives of her acquaintances but she has written a few on patriotic lines and some describing various parts of the locality.
She lives in the village of Cloneen right under Slievenamon

On a farm now held by J. Shea of Tubber, Cloneen there was a limekiln being worked about 200 or more years ago. The stones were being carted by four men from the quarry at Cloneen. Twas usual for the men when bringing the last loads to take a drink before leaving. Three left about eight o'clock one remaining until the shops were closed, being well under the influence when he left.
As he was going home along

Kearneys were Mullahys of Cappa Cloneen and Lary Hanly was William T Mullaby, so you see, he tries to mix his characters somewhat.
I can well remember William Francis (he of the loud voice & awkward legs who gave such frights to Mrs Lloyd) He was a regular visitor to my home in Cloneen and was of the big open blustering type. He kept race horses and I will add a little poem written by my aunt.

The banding of wheels is done in open air and the flag is called a binding wheel. The water which the smith uses for cooling the irons is used for chilblains.Writer Denis Coffey Cloneen
Informant James Coffey Cloneen

him. When released he was apparently dead but was eventually revived. This accident was the reason why public executions were put a stop to in Ireland. Nunan survived his half-hanging until some ten or eleven years ago, when he died in Cloneen, well over ninety years of age. The writer met his grandson, a Nunan also, at an Irish Course in Clonmel in 1927 but the young man had not apparently been informed of how near he had been to never seeing this world.In the vicinity of Cloneen, I think on the Mullinahone road, there was a place called Kilburry Demesne. Some 90 years ago this belonged to a family named Meagher, they may be there yet, but before their time, a "gentleman" named Clettherbook lived there. ( I spell it exactly as I used to hear it; the correct spelling is I believe Cletterbuk) "Clettherbook was an evicting crucifying, heristorical tyrant" was a pet phrase of my father in speaking of him ("Heristorical" I now take to have been intended to express wicked in the historic sense") After his death, the servants were gathered together one night in the big kitchen in Kilburry when a pack of wool came rolling down the stairs making a frightful noise like the sound of rushing wind. An old woman who was in the kitchen, of all present, kept her head and seizeing the broom, she opened the door calling out in a loud

The Misses Dwyer taught school on the old road near Kylenagranna Hill, which is about one mile north east of Cloneen. They taught in an old barn. They occupied a portion of land in Kylenagranna. About one mile as the crow flies to Preston another man taught called Mr. Quirke. He was such an excellent teacher that the boys who went to the Dwyers came to him when they got big. In vicinity of Drangan a man called Mr Cusack taught, father of the famous Michael Cusack. He had no settled place of teaching. He went from place to place teaching the children. A man called Mr Brennan taught at Ballyvadlea.
When National Schools were first established he was appointed teacher of Cloneen N.S. He continued teaching

An old woman in Cloneen district when speaking of a woman who had illegitimate children said: "Sure, how could you blame her - she's a rogation child." Asked to explain she said that any child born during Rogation Days - particularly the middle day - was considered to be unmanageable - or more properly unable to control him or herself.This also applied to animals - especially horses and bulls. A number of years ago the late Mr. Solly Joel had a horse El Diablo (?) running in the Derby or Grand National. The narrator states in reading of the race, she noticed that one writer mentioned that El Diablo was capable of winning - but as he was a Rogation colt - one couldn't be sure how he'd behave - (Miss H. Noonan Cloneen)
Mr M. Hall Maguoury states he heard of the same superstition in connection with animals born on the 29th June

told no one else.Buggys' old house is in Cloneen. It is supposed to be built on a rath. When Buggys came to the house there was a hole in the kitchen wall. The people lived there before Buggys used to put a sack on the wall to keep out the cold. When the Buggy came they built the wall.
Buggys brought four cows to Cloneen with them. The night after they had rebuilt the wall their best cow died. Two more died the next two nights. On the fourth night they remained up with the last cow. During the night they went into the dwelling house for a sup of tea, and

"The Moat"The reason why it is called by that name is because there is a small hill in that field. It lies on the banks of the Anner, and is about three miles from Cloneen. It is owned by John Dillon, Peafield.
"The Green"Fairs were held in this field long ago. It is about two miles from Cloneen. It is owned by Thomas O'Shea, Cloran.
"The Blue Paddock"This field derived its name from the blue flowers that grew there in Summer time. It is about three miles from Cloneen. It is the property of James O'Shea, Tubber.
"The Hospital".The reason why this field is called by that name is because when cattle or sheep got sick they put them in this field because it was near the house. It is owned by Peter Maher.
"The Spa Field"There is a well in this field. It is owned by Michael Lawrence.

Near Cloneen there was a rich man whose wife died on the first child. The child lived and the man got a woman to mind it, but after a while he married again and the new woman hunted the nurse. There was

visiting at O' Shea's. Every one of them were burned save the baby. The mother put the baby into a pot of water, but it died afterwards. A woman who knew that the O' Gormans had intended to burn the house informed on them and they were hanged in Cloneen