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  1. Strong Men

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    Séamus O Dwyer who lived in Shyan, Kilmihil long ago was a great strong man. He used to gather rags, and sell them to Mrs Gilbert in Kilrush. Once upon a time he went to Kilrush, and he got a sack of flour from a man in Kilrush, on a bet, that if he brought the flour from Kilrush to Kilmihil on his back he would give it to him for nothing. He allowed him two rests on the way. He brought the flour to Kilmihil, and only made one rest at Corraclare Bridge.

  2. Daoine Cáiliúla

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    He followed him as far as Vandelour's wood in Kilrush and caught him there.

  3. (gan teideal)

    “In olden time Knockerra and over as far as”

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    In olden times Knockarra and over as far as Beahauisge was in the parish of Kilrush, and the people would take their shows and stockings in their hands going to mass until they as far as Srocan n gcog which is a little stream near Kilrush and there they would wash feet and put on stocking and shoes and walk to Kilrush mass. Among these were Tom Nolan's grand mother a girl of the O'Connells. As this was so awkward my great great grand father John Nolan and Tom Nolan's grand father Thomas Nolan went to Dean Kenny in Kilrush and arranged with him to build a church in Knockarra. John Nolan gave the stones and land for free. At first they started the long aisle and then the rest of the form of a . Then they formed a parish. At that time also the fever was in Granatown that was in the parish of Cooraclare. The priests of Cooraclare refused

  4. (gan teideal)

    “A small chalice from Scattery Island...”

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    A small chalice from Scattery Island is to be seen at the Convent of Marcy Kilrush.

  5. Old Roads

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    There was an old road leading from the Kilrush road through

  6. (gan teideal)

    “Some time ago a man in this parish was working in Kilrush at Glynn's mill.”

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    Some time ago a man in this parish was working in Kilrush at Glynn's mill. He had to be in very early. He lived about five miles from Kilrush. I(t) would be only four o'clock when he would leave his house. This morning he had to get up much earlier than any other morning. When he arrived at Kilrush it was about half past four. When he had his donkey put in to some field. He went to the mills but he found that the work had not yet started. He walked away from the mill and into the street, and through the town. When he came to Francis Street he was frightened, when he saw a large hound coming towards him, the hound was as big as a donkey. He followed the man back to the mill, but the dog then disappeared, he was never seen by the man again.

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    “During the famine when the people were starving with the hunger a man from Kilmurry was brought to Kilrush...”

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    During the famine when the people were starving with the hunger A man from Kilmurry was brought to Kilrush hospital as the people from the district around were brought to Kilrush hospital. Kilmurry is about seven miles from Kilrush. After being a few days in the hospital he died. The people were coming in to the hospital so quickly that some of them would be buried before they were dead. The grave was opened for this man and several others. They were all buried in the one grave and as the grave was not full it was only covered lightly. The next day it was opened for to bury more people in it. The man stood when the grave was opened, and came up. He went to America after and made a large sum of money.

  8. Local Heroes

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    People used walk from Loop Head to Spancihill Fair, a distance of 54 miles, in one day and one night. A Kilmihill man brought a sack of flour on his back from Kilrush to Kilmihill. A man named Pat Ryan walked from Kilrush to Ennis and from that to Galway, in two days. He was a friend of my father's.
    There is a great number of athletes in Kilrush at present. They are champions of Munster and were beaten only two points in the all Ireland cross-country championship last year.

  9. A Story about a Man who Was Coming Home Late at Night

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    Long ago there was a man living in Doonaha and he went to Kilrush on business one day. It was late in the when he went to Kilrush. When he reached Kilrush he went to see a friend of his. He stayed at his friend's house until it was very late because it was raining. As he was going home he had to pass a fort. When he came near the fort he saw a man with a gun standing beside the fort. The man saluted him but as soon as he did the man with the gun

  10. Vandeleur Estate - Kilrush

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    The Vandeleur family were unscrupulous Landlords of many estates in this County. They owned all Kilrush town and surrounding townlands as well as Cahiracon (Ballynacally) They had two palatial residences in this district - one in Kilrush and the other in Cahiracon. The Vandeleur family were also landlords of a considerable portion of this parish of Killimer.
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    The first of the name was a Dutchman who occupied a Mill at Sixmilebridge and who was a malster and tanner there. His son Giles rose to be a man of much importance in Clare. He was High Sheriff of the County in 1664. He was appointed with George Purdon in 1680 to make a survey of the County and he then occupied a residence at Ralahine from which one of the Mac Namaras were dispossessed in 1687 he obtained a lease of lands at Kilrush and other places in the Baronies of Moyarta, Clonderalaw, Islands &c from the Earl of Thomond. Giles Vandeleur assigned these lands to his second son the Rev. John Vandeleur M. A. Rector of Kilrush of whom it is recorded that he fought (on Kill William III's side of course) at the Battle Aughrim in A.D. 1691. (The French General St. Ruth was killed in this Battle) This John Vandeleur became tenant in Free Simple to the Earl of Thomond for the present Manor and Estates in this district

  11. (gan teideal)

    “There were many faction fights in this locality long ago. A party of the Reidys from Cranny used the with a party of the Keatings from Kilrush.”

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    There were many faction fights in this locality long ago. A party of the Reidys from Cranny used to fight with a party of the Keatings from Kilrush. They fought fiercely at the races of Kilrush with blackthorn sticks, and clenched fists. Tom Reidy struck one of the Keatings with a black-thorn stick and left him half-dead on the road. Tom Reidy lay in hiding for a good while until Keating

  12. Local Heroes

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    same man used bring a firkin of butter to Kilrush on his back.
    A merchant in Kilrush once offered a free sack of flour to any man that would take it from Kilrush to Kilmacduane a distance of eight miles. A man named Helican brought it on his back and he only made one rest within his journey.
    Another man lived in Kilmihil who went to Daughmore for a load of sand. When he arrived home he had to to take it to the tillage garden and in taking it in he had to pass over a stream which was covered with flags. One of the flags was weak so he put his back under it and he allowed the load of sand to pass over him.
    There was a man going from Kilrush to Ennis years ago. He walked along the railway track until he was six miles outside Ennis. Then the West Clare train over-took him and the guard asked him to take a seat and he said "no," that he was in too much of a "hurry."

  13. Articles from The Saturday Record - The Church Bells Ring Out

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    It is most worthy to mention that when the eviction party started the church bell in Kilrush tolled and every shop in Kilrush had the shutters put up and remained thus all day as an expression of sympathy with the tenants.

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    “In the townland of Sheeaun about thirty years ago there lived a man named James Dwyer.”

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    In the townland of Sheeaun about thirty years ago there lived a man name James Dwyer. He had two sons, Michael and James, who used get hire from their neighbours. James Dwyer lived in a small well kept thatched house and was very poor.
    He used go about the country collecting rags. When he would have several sacks of rags collected he would assort them out into bags and he then would sell them to a woman named Mrs Gill who resided in Kilrush.
    One day as James Dwyer was in Kilrush buying some flour a Kilrush merchant said he would give him a sack of flour free if he brought it home on his back. Dwyer said he would and the merchant allowed him to make three rests but he only made two. The distance from Kilrush to Dwyer's home was ten miles.
    There was a man sent with him to

  15. Thomas Casey, Father Meehan and The Little Ark

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    I am now 97 years. I was born at Kilrush on 20th December 1838. I went to a private school in Chapel Lane, Kilrush at the age of four years. It was in charge of Mr Broderick and his daughter Lizzy Broderick - about a hundred pupils attended and I paid 3d per week. My mother's name was Scales, a native of Kilrush. My father was a surveyor and was born at Thomondgate Limerick. He was engaged by the Board of Works making the road between Ennis and Kilrush. We came to Carrigaholt in 1848 and I attended a school taught by Mr Maher.
    In 1852 I was appointed assistant to Mr Maher and taught there for 3 years. I taught in Moveen from 1858 to 1859. I was succeeded there by the late Mr Hickey, father of D' P.C. Hickey Kilkee. I was trained at Marlboro St Dublin in 1861. I taught in Kildare for a year. Father Meehan appointed me to Cross National School in January 1862. I resigned on pension in 1901.
    Father Michael Meehan was born in Cahermurphy, I think, perhaps he was

  16. Local Roads

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    The local roads in this district are The Kells Rd, Kitrush Rd, Kilskyre Rd, Killallon Rd and the Delvin Rd. The Kells Rd leads to Kells. The Kilrush road leads to Kilrush and so on. I do not know when they were made Hartstown Boreen leads to a lot of houses in the fields Floods & Boreen leads to Floods house. A mass path used to lead from Cloran through Killua to Clonmellon to enable the people of Cloran to come to mass. Long ago people used to dance and play Pitch and Toss at a crossroads

  17. Old Roads

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    an old bog on the (kilrush) killua road named colroney bog. It is now disused owing to flooding. There used to be dances, pitch an toss and many other games held at crossroads. There is a cross on the kells road to the memory of some man who was killed. The was a mass path from kilrush crossroads to Ballinlough.

  18. Hidden Treasure

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    they managed to get to Kilrush and then their ship sunk.
    The Chieftain O'Connor was very glad to hear this and went to Kilrush to know if he could get any trace of the Chalice but there he learned that the treasures and Chalice had sunk. The Danes heard that O'Connor was gone to Kilrush and they made another attack on his home, but some of the Island people saw them coming and warned the Chieftain's wife. She got a large hole dug and all the remaining jewellry was buried in it. The Danes killed the Chieftain's wife. The Chieftain came back and in dispair killed himself. Many have tried to find the gold but when they tried the Chieftain and his wife frightened them. It has been prophecied that no one but a person named O'Connor will get the gold and it is still awaiting the person for whom it is intended.

  19. Naomh Pátrúin

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    St. Senan is the chief saint of my district. He is called St. Síonon. He had a church at Burrane, Maolacha where he was born and a few in Scattery. It is said he had a church in Kiltenane where he also had a blessed well. He has four blessed wells in Kilrush, Kilkee, Kiltenane, Maolacha. The rounds are performed in all the four blessed wells. When the people are performing the rounds at Maolacha, they have to go around certain trees and a lake.
    The people would be up to their knees in water at the lake. St. Senane is said to drive a serpent from Scattery Island to a lake on the top of Mount Calan. From Scattery the serpent jumped to Kilrush just above the blessed well. He rested there and a big hollow is to be seen there. He jumped from Kilrush to Doherty's land in Moyasta,

  20. Local Roads

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    There are many roads which give access to the town of Kilrush, the following being the most outstanding ones - the Kilkee road, Cappa Road, the Fort Road and the Mail Road.
    Cappa Road leads to a little seaside village Cappa from which the road has got it's name. This village is one mile from Kilrush.
    Kilkee Road leads to Kilkee, a town eight miles from Kilrush. This road is not an old one. It is steam-rolled.
    The Fort Road has derived its