There is an island of about 2 acres in the north western section of Lough Atorick Lake. The island is in Slieveanore, the largest townland in County Clare. I’ve heard that it’s called Leonard’s Island which would make sense as that’s a common name in Slieveanore but I haven’t been... [Read More]

Triangulation Pillars or Trig Pillars are concrete pillars, 4 feet high and 2 feet square at the base positioned on high points throughout the country that were used by the Ordnance Survey for mapping. Several others can be seen from each pillar so that their position could be triangulated using... [Read More]

These are images that were printed in the London Illustrated News in 1887 about the evictions that took place in Woodford. [Read More]

The Dane’s Den is a natural cave near the Clare border in the Sliabh Aughty Mountains. There are several stories associated with it in local folklore. One claims that when the Vikings came up the River Shannon the monks living in the monastic settlement on Holy Island fled up the... [Read More]

Marblehill House Marblehill House was built in the 1770’s by Thomas Burke, the first of the Burke Baronets of Marble Hill on a 25,000 acre estate in the foothills of the Sliabh Aughty Mountains. An anonymous visitor in 1802 described the standard of living and the welcome he received (from... [Read More]