from the Pilebridge north of Clarecastle it is a sign of rain.

Timber Ploughs and Forks
List of people having timber ploughs.Mr.Mc Inerney Manus Clarecastle.Mr Burke Manus Clarecastle.He uses it for landing potatoes .Patrick Mc Inerney living south west of Clarecastle .it is not being used now.it was not made in the parish.Timber ploughs are used for landing potatoes in the bogs.In some islands of the river Fergus a board in the shape of a plough is placed to a scuffer for landing potatoes in some farms.

rain. When a dog is eating grass it is a sign of rain. Swallows flying low is a sign of rain. It is a sign of rain, when midges are seen. A red sky is a sign of rain. A mackeral sky is a sign of rain. White clouds are a sign of rain. It is a sign of rain if your shadow appears big on the rocks. If the Broadford mountains north east of Clarecastle appear near it is a sign of rain. When there is a fog over New Hall Hill west of Clarecastle in the parish of Killone it is a sign of rain. A whirl-wind is a sign of rain. When the waterfall in New Hall west of Clarecastle is roaring loudly it is a sign of rain. If the Malbay in west Clare is roaring loudly it is a sign of rain. When the fog divides on Mt Ballan in West Clare it is a sign that the day will be good. It is a sign of rain if it goes over the eastern portion of the mountain. It is a sign of rain if cows leave a height on Haugh''s fort west of Killmalery Co Clare. It is a sign

The trench leading from lake in Newhall to Fergus crossing road at Church in Clarecastle .There is a logán in the Fair Green.The crompan divides two farms one Joe Lynchs and the other Bernard Lynchs in Lissane .Pollotán is in Joe Reidys land Lissane.The pond is in Claremount in Lyons land.The three standing rocks -side by side -are in Cragmore Barntickin Joe Lynchs land .They give a view of Ennis and Clarecastle from the top.It was thought that gold was hidden under them.Faries live under a rock in B.Lynchs land at Newtown.The black guards rock is used for diving into New Hall lake.Kellys hill overlooks the River Fergus at the old quay.It gets its name because it is owned by a man called Kelly.The hill of Clare gives a splendid view

but failed. He drowned himself in Ballybeg lake afterwards. It is said that a mermaid lived in Killone lake and she was killed by a man named O'Donnell for taking his wine.
List of People over 70 years
Martin Curran Claremount
Tadg Bradley Barntich
Dennis Noonan Newtown
Martin Sullivan Lissane
Martin Reidy Clarecommons
Mrs Curran Claremount
Mrs McMahon Clarecastle
Mrs McNamara Clarecastle
Mrs Doyle Lissane
Mrs Madigan Lissane
Mrs Kinnane Clarecastle
Patrick Hehir Clarecastle
Thomas Slattery

There were two men living in Coney Island about fifty years ago - Pat Ginnane and Jim Normoyle and they dreamt three nights in succession that there was gold hidden at Clarecastle. So one night they went there and they found as uch gold that it filled two litres (a litre is a large boat in which people of the Island bring cattle, horses or machinery to the mainland). They were taking the two litres of gold across the Fergus and Shannon to Limerick City.
As they were passing Gull Island which is an island situated on the River Fergus between Deer Island and ClareCastle at about twelve o'clock in the night it commenced to rain and blow a storm. The two litres struggled for a long time, but they struck a rock and after a few minutes they both sank beside Gull Island. It is said that two large eels are lying on each of the litres guarding the gold. Some old person prophecied that a man named Jim McInerney will dream of getting this gold, and that before he would go in search of it that he would get water blessed specially by a priest and then he will go to Gull Island and sprinkle the holy water and, make the Sign of the Cross three times over the eels and they will immediately disappear and he will get the gold. I heard my father say that he also heard that it will be got about the year nineteen hundred and fifty three (1953).

to the rules they had made and refused to give first prize to Low Island as their boat had automatically disqualified herself by winning the confined race. They also refused to give it to the Rhinanna boat as they were under the impression that they deliberately fouled Coney Island to let Low Island win.The Coney Island crew would not accept First Prize - Five Pounds - but Pat Normoyle accepted second prize - one pound - which he gave to a Clarecastle carman for tranferring his boat from Clarecastle to Ballyalla and back.The prize money (£5) was in the hands of the Committee until a month after the Regatta when a man named Tom Tuohy of Low Island went to the Committee and produced a bogus letter purporting to be from the Coney Island crew renouncing all claim to the money.

of fine weather if asse's bray in the morning. A cock in shelter is a sign of rain. Crows swirling round a hill are a sign of a sure storm. The parish of Killone west of Clarecastle is under the patronage of St John, and is said to be protected, and that nothing was ever struck by lightning in the parish. there is a blessed well in Fitzgibbons' place Tullassa west of Inch and when bad weather is approaching the well dries up and vice versa. Another sign of rain is to hear the cry of the curlew. A blue flame in the fire is also a sign of rain. When a cat turns his tail to the fire it is the sign of hard weather. The sign of snow is when the wind blows from the north. A flock of sheep gathered to gether in a corner is a sign of storm. When a train sounds clearly it is a sign of frost. A sign of rain is when the stars do not come out. When the seagulls fly after a man that's ploughing, that is a sign of frost. When the wind blows from Mellitts point south of Clarecastle it is a sign of rain. The wind blowing

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Daoine Caileamhla.
Michael Slattery who is now dead was the strongest man in Co.Clare.He lived in the Pound road Clarecastle.He was aged 79 of age.He lifted a twenty stone bag sack of flour on a car and he also lifted an ass.he caught the bag and threw it up on the car.He put his head under the asses belly and lifted him on his shoulders up on a car. car.Patrick Slattery living in Clarecomons aged about sixty five years lifted lifted a plough from his own house to Lissane.His father was bringing a load of hay from Lissane and the horse got broke down and he pulled the load home.He was about seventy years of age.The load was about fifteen hundred weight Tommy Kinnane was the best runner in Clare He ran six miles in an hour and a quarter.He won medals in the R I C .and Military sports.Tom Mc Mahon from the street and Pat Enright from Hernfield got a medal each in a race because one could not beat the other.Old John Shipley won a cup in sports.He was aged sixty eight years living in Quay Road Clarecastle.Mrs Ryan walked to Dublin and back again.She was aged about fifty seven years.She was living in Clarecomons.Jim Keane

Mo Cheanntar Féin
Clarecastle is built on the banks of the River Fergus. It is in the parish of Clare Abbey and in the baronny of the Islands. There are 130 houses in it. There was more houses in it long ago because the ruins are to be seen still. It is called Clarecastle because long ago the people used cross between two weirs and there was an Norman castle near the village. There are many people over 70 years in the village but they have no Irish. They tell stories in English. People used go to America and Australia from this district long ago. The land is good and fertile. There are two lakes in the district - Killone lake and Ballybeg. It is said that a man tried to drown himself in Killone lake

The oldest road I know of is the one leading from the Tiermaclane road up to Cahills and the "old wake" is a very old road too. The "Buttermilk" is also a very ancient one. The Clarecastle Hilrush road up the Tiermaclane road, up by the school house, back by Mahon's and back to Reaffa. There is also a very old road called the bansh road leading from the Reafa road o the Ennis Kilrush main-road

of the River Fergus to the South and North. The Cartact hill - limestone - is in Cartact. The furry hill is in Manus - so called because firs grew in it. Barntick hill is near Newhall lake. It is supposed to be haunted at night by a black dog. Hanrahans hill leading to it has the same story. Burk hill outside Clarecastle Creggaunohilla is also supposed to be haunted by a black dog.

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owned by Mr Commane.
The Kerrymans hill in New Hall is so called because it is a very black place and because a Kerry man owned it.
There is a field in the land of Mr Lynch called a pump field so called because there is a pump in it.The hollow field in Mr Lynchs land which is full of hollows.The house field owned by the same man which has the ruin of an old house.
About one mile from Clarecastle there is a field called the camp field in the land of Mr Reidy.
Big road corcass at Island Mc Grath three miles south of Clarecastle so called because there is a big road going through it.There is another one at Island Mc Grath called Marsh because it is always flooded at Winter.The lake field in Barntick so

There was a great snow-storm in 1932 and one man Mr. Vaughan who lived in Killaloe was killed. In the year 1878 a great thunder storm arose. It knocked a number of houses which were situated on the Ennis-Clarecastle road. It set fire to the thatch and then knocked the house.
In 1901 there was a long heat-wave and many people were sun struck and died.
In 1924 there was a great flood and some houses were swept away and great damage was done to the crops.
In 1910 there was very bad thunder storm. A man, woman and child were killed at Roslevan on their way home from Ennis.
In the year 1883 the people going to the fair of Clare(or Clarecastle) on the 8th May had to plough their way through the snow.
About twenty-six years ago there were great floods in Clarae. When the floods went down a storm rose and knocked trees and houses. Some ships which were at anchor were sunk and some

put all the dead people into it.
In the time of the blight the potatoes, turnips, and cabbage were very scarce.
The people used to dig up the ground to see if they would get any potatoes.
There was a poor old woman over in Moy and she went around and picked them up and brought them home and set them and she had never such a crop of potatoes before.
At this time there was a flour mill in Clarecastle and the man over the flour mill had it guarded with men so that no one would take the flour.
Captain Ellis of Miltown went down to Clarecastle and saw all the people below outside the mill waiting to get some flour.
The people had money to pay for the flour but the man would not give it to them because he would rather see them dead

"Cholera "
In the village of Clarecastle there was a hospital for those who suffered from the sickness ,and also a grave yard.The remains are still to be seen

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There was an old hedge school in Knockatuna Collins and Tom Sullivan was the schoolmaster. The pupils had a spelling book and they were taught to read and write .They had to pay the sum of two pence .There were 20 or 30 pupils attending .The people who taught used to go to farmhouses and teach in them.They went to Falvey's house in the townland of Baarngeeha and used it as a school.There was a school at New Hall cross near Jim Lynch's house in the townland of New hall west of Clarecastle.The teacher was nicknamed John Quill because he used a quill for writing.hard words were passed as Latin.

Hurling tournament.
Seven teams played for a sheep at Shessive,Tonagh,near Ennis.A M Sullivan's Ennis Faughs,Corofin, barefield, Kilmaley, Dysart and Kilmorane.The tournament was won by Kilnamona ,to whom was awarded the prize -a fat sheep-.The fat sheep was handed over to the wives and families of the imprisoned coal carters from Clarecastle who would not cart coal to R.I.C huts which owing to the intensity of the agrarian campaign in Clare were very numerous throughout the county

There was a man living in Clarecastle and his name was Fireball Mac Namara. He had a great shot and he always carried two pistols with him. One day there was a man before the court for a crime. "Fireball" was present in the court. The judge said if the man accused was recognised by any gentleman that he would set him free. The man asked Mr Crowe of Dromore to salute him. Mr Crowe did not pretend to recognise him. When Fireball saw this he said "I know that his man is honest." The man was released and was thanking Fireball, Fireball replied, "Put not your trust in Crows or sparrows,

written on them, and they used call the penny books the primmers. They did not remain very long in the district because schools were getting built.
Now there is a school in every parish which they call a National School. Every morning big men and women used go bare footed to school and bring a sod of turf with them every morning under their arm for the fire in Winter. Mr Mac-Master and Mrs Keleen taught in those schools. they both lived in Clarecastle.