Clonmore.

Francis Fay said that the wall round the monastery in Clonmore was built by

Park Grainne: This is the name of a field in Clonmore, Kildalkey.

best men to play the match. The match was played in one of the fields in Coolamber. It was called the cricket field. It was played between two townlands, Lismacaffrey and Clonmore. The scores were ten goals to six goals. Clonmore won. They beat Lismacaffrey by four goals. Lismacaffrey colours were blue and white and Clonmore colours were black and red.

There are six graveyards in the Parish of Bree, Ballyhogue, (Galbally?), Bree, Clonmore, (?), and Clonmore Protestant graveyards and (Ballybrennan?).They are all still in use. The ones in Ballyhogue and Clonmore are shaped like a heart and the rest of them are square. There is a ruined church in Ballybrennan graveyard. There is a chapel alongside the graveyards of (Galbally?) and Bree and a Protestant church alongside the Protestant graveyard in Bree. There are trees around them all and monuments and tombs in them all some are there since (?). Most of the crosses are of wood. There is a cave running under the graveyard of Clonmore and going ahead up to Clonmore house and it is believed that it is there since the time of Cromwell as a safeguard from the soldiers and it is supposed to be full of gold.

About three or four years ago when the English were persecuting the Irish Catholics for their religion there were monks living in Clonmore. The ruins are to be seen still and are called Clonmore Castle. The English haunted the monks out of Clonmore and they were afraid to bring their gold with them. So before leaving, they hid the gold in a cellar under the ground. Anyone after that found out there was gold hidden there went to look for it and were supposed to be frightened away by a ghost.

This is mentioned in "Scholars of Aengus" Munbeg a little wood between Clonmore and Agubla.

There are six graveyards in this parish. Their names are Port, Dunany, Clonmore, Dysart, Salterstown and Drumcan. The townlands they are in are Port, Dunany, Clonmore, Sgeagmore, Salterstown and Dillonstown. They are all still in use. There is only one of these grave-yards round in shape, and that is Salterstown. There are the remains of old churches in the following grave-yards, Port, Clonmore, Dunany, Dysart and Salterstown.
None of the local grave-yards is level. When a grave is filled in, there is some clay left over, because the coffin has taken its place, and this clay is heaped over the grave. There are trees growing in Salterstown, Dunany, Clonmore, and Port grave-yards. None of these grave-yards contain any old monuments, but Dunany contains an old tomb and people are buried in it.
All the present grave-yards are in use. The unbaptized children are buried in a special corner of the

Peter Gilsenan heard his step-father James Flynn of Clonmore, say that there used to be spinning wheels in a house belonging to Miss Harlin of Clonmore; and the field round the house is called the "Bleach".

Long ago hurling and football used to be played. The teams that played were Clonmore and Lismacaffrey. The best fifteen men were picked out on each side.
There was a committee of three. These three picked the best fifteen to play the match. The match was played in the cricket field in Coolamber. It was played between two townlands Clonmore and Lismacaffrey. The score was nine goals to six goals, Clonmore got nine and Lismacaffrey six goals.
The colour of the jerseys were blue and white and the Lismacaffrey colours were red and black.
Long ago football used to be played in the cricket field in Coolamber and Lismacaffrey Clonmore was the best at the football. About a hundred years ago the football used to be kicked from one townland to another.

The Local RoadsIn this district beside where I live there is a cross - roads locally know as "The Cross". From this cross there are three roads all leading in different directions. One leads to Charleville the nearest town, and another to Ballyglan, a village some three miles to the North West of the School. These form the main road from Ballygran to Charleville. The third is a by - road. This leads from Colmanswell Cross, through Foxhall to a cross called after the townland and there joins the road from Garryfine to Charleville. These are the principal roads in the district of the school.There is a Mass - path from Clonmore, an outlying townland in the Newtown parish, to Colmonswell. This leads in an casterly direction from Clonmore road through Clonmore and Gortroe to the school and church here. Travelling this Mass - path one passes St. Colmanswell and the gaveyard. It is used by children

I live in Clonmore in the Parish of Templederry in the Barony of Upper Ormond. There are two families in the Townsland. There are fifteen people in it. The houses are built of stone and mortar and each of them are covered with slates. The Towland got its name from a big meadow of about twelve acres. Clonmore means big meadow. There was one old woman over seventy, my Grandmother Margaret Ryan but she is dead now. She knew Irish. She could tell stories in English. The land is fairly good and is suitable for tillage. There was a big wood in Clonmore about twelve years ago but it was cut down and the timber was sent to England. There are three or four young groves growing up again with about a hundred trees in each. A river runs through the townsland. There is a Mass Pit and an old corn mill on the river. The old corn mill was not worked for the last fifty or sixty years.

time of Cromwell.There is an Underground passage running from Dr Lynch's house over to Martinstown. It was under the fireplace of a house belonging to Forkers. When the (-) were putting in the fireplace a bar and spade fell into it and they did not get them.There is a tunnel in Clonmore going from Kildalkey churchyard to Clonmore. It finishes at Clonmore castle. It was made to steal the people out of the Kildalkey graveyard.

The roads that are in this locality are:- the long road, the Aughamore road, the Boherquill road or the Pound road, the Float road, the Lisryan road, the Clonmore road, the Kilmore road, the bog road and the Corner road.
The long road leads from the corner that divides the Kilfintan road and Clonmore road to Killasonna crossroads. The Aughamore road leads from Lisryan crossroads to Killasonna crossroads. The Boherquill road leads from Lismacaffrey cross roads to Boherquill Church. The Float road leads from Lismacaffrey cross roads to the Float bridge. The Lisryan road leads from Lismacaffrey cross roads to Lisryan cross roads. The Clonmore road leads from the corner at Berrny Smith's to the gate lodge at Boyce's. The Kilmore road leads from the cross roads at Tom Loughlin's to the cross roads at Tom Kelly's. The bog road leads from the gate lodge at Boyce's to Killasonna cross roads. The corner road

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Hidden Treasure.In a field near Mick Regan’s [insert: Clonmore North] there is supposed to be money hidden. A certain man dreamt of it and told the neighbours. A number of men including my grandfather stayed digging all night at the spot but without result.
The old people say there is money hidden in Gavin’s field at Lisava under a tree.
There is also supposed to be money hidden in Bradshaw’s, Clonmore, left there by Brennan the Outlaw before he was caught when hiding in a chimney.
A workman from Galway was working at Roche’s of Raheen, and he was setting cabbage in the haggard, where there was supposed to be money hidden, and he found a lot of money. He left at once without telling anybody and he didn’t even wait for his belongings. He was never heard of again.
Collector: Willie UReill, Clonmore, Cahir Co. Tipp.
Information supplied by Daniel Guiry, Clonmore, Cahir, aged 95 years.

Lord Glengall was landlord of Cahir, and at the time of Catholic Emancipation - or religious agitation prior to 1829 - the priests of Cahir advised and warned ! the people not to vote for any Protestant landlord. There were a good many who stood out fearlessly but there were others who were easily seduced who gave their vote. The compensation given was that the landlord built fine houses for these - they were called the "CASTLES OF CONSCIENCE," and were numerous in the Clonmore district. A Ned Mullaney lived in one out in Clonmore. An O'Donnell family lived in another but a brother - Fr O'Donnell came from America and took out the whole family. The ruins of one of these "Castles of Conscience," are to be seen near (?) the residence of Mr. Waterhouse, Cahir.

Brennan was a notorious robber living out in Clonmore. At one time he stole a good deal of money from Pedlar, who was another famous character living in the neighbourhood. Pedlar stole back his money from Brennan and nearly all his own with it. Brennan knew who the culprit was and he approached him, admiring him for his cunning - and asked him would he "throw in his lot with him," and that the two would become 'partners at the "robbery." Both joined and continued their deeds of theft but they were Captured, as a man named "Dan, the Sta" - Dan Guirey - Clonmore, spied on them. Brennan, when captured, was without his gun, and altho' people searched and searched it has never been found. The two thieves were imprisoned -

In Clonmore Churchyard there is an old ruin of a chapel and it seems that the priests

There was a forge in Clonmore, Bree, Co. Wexford not long ago. A priest sent his horse to be shod at that particular

There is a large stone cross of Celtic design in the graveyard at Clonmore. It is made of granite. It is about nine or ten feet high. The top has been broken off. It seems to be a very ancient cross.
It is said when Cromwell demolished the ancient castle at Clonmore that his soldiers broke the top of this cross.
This is a drawing of this ancient cross. [drawing]Ancient cross in Clonmore graveyard of Celtic design.