The greatest storm within memory of the people occured in the year 1903. It occured on the 26th February of that year. Several station-houses and signal-cabins were had their roofs torn off, the roofs and several power-houses were put out action owing to the storm breaking down the wires. The only serious accident that occured happened at Birdhill station. A train left Limerick at 8.A.M. and another train left Killaloe at 8.20.A.M. and they both met at Birdhill station. The train that came from Limerick was stationery and the train that came from Killaloe ran into it. The driver and firesman of the train were seriously injured. They were immediately taken to Limerick hospital by the train that came from Nenagh.
A severe thunderstorm occured in the 1925. It occured in the Spring of that year. It was very severe about mid Tipperary. Several people were out ploughing in the fields and in some cases the two horses under each plough were killed outright by the lightning. In other cases the ploughmen got slightly injured more or less from shock.
About six years ago there was a big flood between Tountina and Killaloe. A cloud burst over Tountina and raced headlong down the mountain carrying death and destruction in its course. It demolished a bridge between Birdhill and Killaloe. It submerged the sleepers on the Railway between Killaloe and Forthenery so much so that the train could not come back from Killaloe. In the same flood a child named Woolroof was drowned and its father had only been rescued from drowning previous to that.

Michael and Thomas Kiely and Patrick Flynn who were all natives of Killaloe.

There is a street in Killaloe called St. Flannans's Villa formerly known as Courthouse Road. A well is dedicated to St Flannan is still preserved in the garden of the Provincial Bank, Killaloe. There is one person in Killaloe called afar the Saint. He is Mr. Flannan Haskett, Bridge Street, Killaloe.
St. Flannan's Cathedral changed hands from the sixteenth century, and to-day Protestant service is held in it, attended by a rather small congregation. Along-side the Cathedral stands the ancient stone roof monastery of St. Flannan. To the present revered Bishop of Killaloe the credit is to be given for receiving faith and devotion to this great saint, and his Feast

day is now regularly kept in Killaloe and throughout the diocese.

There were not many poets around Killaloe and the few that were there were not noted through the country.
One of those was the Rev. Father O'Dea C.C. Killaloe. He wrote many poems but his favourite is one by the name of "May Evening in Killaloe" which was published in all the local papers and many people learned it off. Father O'Dea was a middle aged man and was living in the Parochial House, Kevin Parade, Killaloe before being changed to the parish of Coolmeen in West Clare. One day while teaching

There are several buildings of antique formation throughout the parish of Killaloe. Nothing remains now but the ruins of most of these.
At Killaloe near where the Shannon curls and ponders beneath the centuries old bridge stands a revered ruin - the Oratory of St. Flannan. Situated in the churchyard adjacent to the Protestant Church quiet close to the public road this Oratory inevitable the attention of the tourist. The little building has stood there for well nigh thirteen hundred years a lasting memorial to the glory of St. Flannan the first Bishop of Killaloe and patron Saint of Killaloe. The oratory has weathered bravely, the storms and buffets of time the stone roof

We don’t know where he belongs. Some say he belongs to Killaloe. He had his monastery in Kyle. Near the monastery he had a big stone where he used to pray. There are two big holes where he laid his elbows, and two more where the tears fell.In Ballaghmore there is a trough laid up on a stone. It is always half-full of St. Molua’s water. The hottest day in the summer the well is always half-full of water. When he died the people of Killaloe wanted to bury him in Killaloe and the people of Kyle wanted to bury him in Kyle. They made two coffins, one went to Kyle and the other to Killaloe. He had another monastery in Offaly.

Matt McGrath was born in Boher, three miles from Killaloe abour 59 years ago. As a boy he attended the Killaloe National school. He emigrated to America when about twenty years of age and joined the New York Police Force. During his spare time he took on athletics and became the champion weight thrower of the world.
Johnny Patterson the famous Irish Clown and composer was born in Ennis. He lived in Killaloe for a considerable numnber of

Saint Molu is the patron of Killaloe parish. There is a church under his patronage. He is buried in Killaloe. There is a holy well near his Chapel. His day is "Patron-day" - August 4th and it is always a wet day.

In early days when emigrants were going to America from Limerick the route taken was by canal boat to Killaloe thence to Portumna and Shannon Harbour and across to Dublin. They then sailed to Liverpool whence a liner took them to America. The journey took from six to eight weeks.From Killaloe large shipments of corn (barley) took place twice weekly on a boat called the 'Fág a' Baile'. This boat was capable of carrying three hundred tons but could not proceed further than Shannon Harbour. Practically all the corn from North Tipperary was sent by this route to the Distillery and Brewery. The largest quantity of eels exported in one year to Billingsgate from Castleconnell was sixty tons. The weirs at Killaloe and Castleconnell were then rented by Mr Mackey from the Board of Works and he had a peculiar boat made to bring the fish to Dublin. It was water tight at either ends but where the eels were stored was perforated with small holes. The fish could always reach the London market fresh by this means. The average quantity of eels caught

In the Penal days an eviction was about to take place at Ballymalone which is on the borders of Killaloe and Ballina. Soldiers and peelers arrived in great numbers. They were lead by a man named Stedman from Killaloe. When they arrived at the place of eviction they found the roads blocked with trees and bridges blown up. Eventually they arrived at the scene of eviction by cutting the trees and throwing toon bridges across the rivers. At their approach the church bell rang out and people flocked from all directions and assisted in barrackading the homes of the families who were about to be evicted. The attitude of the crowd was menacing. The resident magistrate named Waring of Killaloe read the Riot Act and warned the people of the consequences. The people were still menacing and the millitary were told to get ready to fire. At the very moment a young priest arrived on the scene and said, "I dare one of ye to fire". The officer then gave the comand and said, "Present, ready, fire," but no

Killaloe, Mat and Jim were very sgtrong men and it would be no bother to them to mow an acre of hay in one day with a scythe.
The only noted story-teller that I have heard of was the late Jeremiah O'Brien, Garronboy, Killaloe.
One great singer was Alfred Hurly of Killaloe. He took it up as a profession and was very successful. He is now in a large touring company in London. Another noted family of singers were the Mackey family.

Some years ago there was a woollen mill in Killaloe which manufactured tweeds and flannels. The farmers brought the wool got from their sheep to the mill to get it manufactured into tweeds and flannels.
Several hands were employed in the mill. The mill was closed down and afterwards was transformed into a factory for grinding corn. There was another small mill in Shantraud Killaloe for grinding corn.
There were three in Killaloe where tons of eels were caught which were sent across to a fish market Billingsgate London where they

his niece to ride a horse along a country road, the animal got frightened and knocked the Priest who hit his head off a stone and this fall caused his death. He was buried in West Clare in his own parish.
A poet of the present day is Mr. Timothy Moloney, Main Street, Killaloe, who writes many poems one of which is "Farewell to Killaloe". He is a great lover of Kincora and writes some beautiful poems about it. He is about twenty four years of age. He got the gift of poetry from his love of Killaloe and from books.
Mr. M. Moloney

Amusing Stories.This locality being an important fishing and shooting area, it is natural that most of the amusing stories told should have some connection with fishing and shooting.
Dan Gallery (deceased) late of Carrig' Lane Killaloe was fond of recounting the following story. Dan was an old soldier who had seen much service in India. When he returned to his native Killaloe, he made his living ghillie (giolla) boatman. Before the Great War many wealthy Englishmen came to Killaloe every summer to fish. To the fishermen whom they employed to row them in their boats to the fishing grounds, these Englishmen were known as "gentlemen". One summers day nearly forty years ago a "gentleman" wearing prince-nez employed Dan

father ( of Ballyvalley) and his three dug all day in a potato field and the result of their labour was a jacket of potatoes no bigger than marble . Some years after 1847 when my grandmother was coming from mass she was invited to dinner by a well -to-do neighbour with the words ."Come in , we have potatoes for dinner "
Not far from Killaloe Catholic church there is a field known locally as the "Hospital field".It lies at the bck of Mr. Alph Keoghs house. Connected with this field , 81 people who died from cholera in the area were buried in a common grave, in this field without sheet or coffin . On a road between Killaloe and Ballyvalley known locally as the 'high road' people were found dead from hunger . Their mouths were green from the grass the were eating.
It is said that the Protestant Bishop of Killaloe did

Here is a story which my teacher heard from an old Killaloe fisherman. (Mr Frank Johnson Pier Head Killaloe) while fishing with him on Lough Derg many years ago. It brings us back to the days of Brian Boru."About two miles to the north of Killaloe a sharp point juts into the lake and is called Rinn na mBan" point. The townland from which the point emerges is called "Baile Cográin" from Cográn who was steward to Brian Boru. Cográn was an officer in Brians own regiment of local Dalcassians. Attached to the queens household was a beautiful girl named Marban with whom Cogran's son was deeply in love. It was customary for the ladies of the court to walk by the shores of the lake at "Rinn na mBan" This ground was

Larry Hickey was the name of one of the tramps in this district long ago.
Denis Goggedy was the name of another tramp around here. Another one was Michael Melvin of Killaloe. Some of them were from Killaloe and more were from Bridgetown and Ballycorney. Some of them sold tie pins and needles. People often bought from them for they sold very cheaply. They generally had wicker work baskets. They nearly always were welcome when they came around. The tramps often stayed for a night in some of the more hospitable houses. They had their lodgings in Killaloe whenever they were not kept in the country houses. Whenever they were hard up, they asked a little alms. "May the Lord increase your stone" was the general prayer of those tramps of long ago. The tramps very rarely went out together.

The names of the local-roads are as follows Killaloe road, Nenagh road, Castletown road, Garrykennedy road, Ballingeer road, Castlelough road School lane or Old Garrykennedy road and Quarry line.
In the old times the road to Killaloe was through the Gap Guarry commonly known as the Gap road.
The road from Newtown to Nenagh was built in recent years as in olden times people when going to Nenagh had to go up at Gorteenakilla and out at Hogan's pass as the site of the present road was a bog which had to be drained so as to make the ground firm enough for a road.
The Killaloe road stretches from Portroe to Killaloe.
The Nenagh road stretches from Portroe to Newtown and from there to Nenagh.
Garry Kennedy road runs in a slope from the Cross of Portroe to Garrykennedy harbour. This road was built recently and so it is called the "new line"

There is a disused road leading from the road to the river in Boola. It was once a great road as the big cargo boats from Limerick came up that river to the end of the road. The Woodford traders sent down their horses and cars and got their loads of provisions. There was also a road from Saunders gate down through his fields leading to Kylenamelly.There was an excursion from Rossmore pier and Peter Burke of Woodford made a bet of a pound that he would be in Killaloe before the boat would come in. The name of the boat was "Lady Betty Balfour" He ran to Killaloe and he was on the quay before the boat came in and he won the pound.There was a man going to America and he forgot his sailing order. The people of the house went to Pat Guiran of Boola. He put the side-car on his horse and set out for Killaloe. He got there in one hour and some minutes and gave the sailing order to the man before he left the town.About forty years ago there was ice about a foot thick on the Shannon. Two men were going across the Shannon and they had a dog going before them. The dog came to a crack in the ice and he turned back. Only for that the two men were drowned.