Local History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0898dfc3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #999980;" BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08a8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Digital Age Videos</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Digital Age Videos"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Products and Services">Our Products and Services</A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Photos">Local Photos</A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location">Location</A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us">Contact Us</A>   |   <B>Local History</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Local History</I><I> - West Clare & Shannon Estuary</I></div> <div> <I>By Michael Kelly, Broomhill House, Kilrush, Co. Clare.</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="09052980.jpg" border=0 width="594" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Map References:</div> <bR> <div> <B>1- Scattery Island</B>: Ruins of seven church and well-preserved Round Tower, (the tallest of its kind). All are remains of monastic settlement, started by St. Senan in the sixth century.</div> <bR> <div> <B>2- Kilrush</B>: Maritime and Heritage town of Kilrush. Centre of trade and commerce in West Clare.</div> <bR> <div> <B>3-</B> Extensive mud flats of <B>Poulnasherry Bay</B> that is the habitat of a great variety of wild life.</div> <bR> <div> <B>4- Doonaha</B>: Birthplace of Eugene O'Curry in 1793. Professor of Archaeology, Royal University. Appointed 1793.</div> <bR> <div> <B>5- Carrigaholt</B>: Old established fishing village and seat of the McMahon Clan in Carrigaholt Castle.</div> <bR> <div> <B>6-</B> The villages of <B>Cross, Kilbaha and Moneen</B> have carved a place in West Clare history since the Penal times when some landlords still persisted in trying to eradicate Catholicism even after Catholic Emancipation, by refusing to allow the celebration of mass on their estate. However, Fr. Michael Meehan overcame the ban by having a mobile hut constructed which could be rolled down to the shore, below high-water mark, and beyond the landlord's jurisdiction, to celebrate mass.</div> <bR> <div> <B>7- The Bridges of Ross</B>: are natural bridges formed by contorted strata of rock, and by the erosion of the sea.</div> <bR> <div> <B>8- Loop Head</B>: A small island lies off Loop Head to the north. This little island is called Lover's Leap, because of a legend of Irish Mythology that tells us of Gráinne eloping with her lover Diarmuid and fleeing from her enraged father in hot pursuit. Not knowing the territory the couple found themselves at land's-end with no escape. Diarmuid took Gráinne in his arms and took a massive leap to the little island and safety.</div> <div> <B>9-The</B> <B>cliffs along the shore from Carrigaholt along by Rehy to Kilbaha</B> are a typical example of the variation of rock strata already encountered at Ross in many parts of the Western seaboard. The geologists believe that this results from a massive earthquake that occurred millions of years ago. Which changed the geographic face of Western Europe.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> © Digital Age Videos 2001-2008</div> <div> Web Development by <A HREF="http://www.internetbureau.biz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.internetbureau.biz">www.internetbureau.biz</A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>