Maurice & Alex O' ScannaillPaula & Peter VineJohn & Kathleen Villiers-TuthillJoe & Colette McGrathJack & Julia FoyleCharlie & Marie BourkeCyril JoyceCllr. Eileen MannionSheila GriffinAlan & Sandra ShattockJJ & Kay MitchellBrian & Michelle HughesBrian & Michele HehirTerry & Karen SweeneyBrendan & Sally MaddenNessa JoyceKevin & Jennifer BarryDr. Ciaran & Ann McLoughlinJ.J. & Caitriona MannionSean Kyne T.D.Eamon & Aine O Cuiv T.D.Cllr. Thomas WelbyDeclan & Kiara MannionSean & Mairead HeanueMarty & Patricia FahertyRichard & Ciara FlahertyNoreen CaseyDonnie & Val BerminghamVery Rev. Anthony & Mrs Christina PreviteRev. Denis & Mrs Leslie SandesBrendan & Ursula FlynnTom & Eily VaughanJack & Marian O'GradyCatherine PryceJohn & Margaret KellyJosie ConneelyPat & Pauline CanavanPat & Jean MullanEamonn & Noreen KingRoisin Pryce & Patrick MurrayMark O' Hara & Audrie AmorosoStephanie BrooksMartin & Rita ActonMartin & Anne MannionKaren Mannion & Peter DavittEimear KellyKenneth FaheyHal & Maureen McNallTom MannionFrancy & May MannionPercy & Bridie HylandKevin & Laura GavinHugh & Nicola MusgraveJens Werner & Linda SchirmerIan & Aiveen FogertyEllen McDonoughJohn & Sue BrittainDavid & Paula BannSean GibbonsMartin & Mary KirbyEileen HickeyMary & Timothy GoughCanon James RonayneRonnie & Francois MillarVincent & Annette FahyAodan & Maree McGlynnDr. Catherine SkellyAlan & Eileen BrannellyDoris MannionMichael Gibbons & Patricia DunfordJonathan DalyCailin & Martina McHughPat ShanahanStuart & Ruth MorganGeoff & Denise TuckerRobert & Anne JocelynNoel & Kitty NoonanKathleen Howley & Willie McDonaghJoe LynchLorcan & Helen GeogheganPaul & Ann Marie CoyneMaureen MoloneyPaul & Ann Marie BennettPaul & Carol PassemardBrian & Lavinia O' MalleyNoel Mannion & Catherine LavoieCathal & Joan WalshSean FlynnMichael & Aileen KingAdam & Áine ConroySteven BurkeTom & Siobhán KingPhelim GibbonsMary Byrne
Introduction to the Clifden 2012 Celebrations
Welcome 13-12-2010
About Clifden 2012
Our Mission Statement
To celebrate the birth of Clifden; to inform the present generation and to leave a record for future generations.
Throughout 2012 Clifden will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of its fou...
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Welcome 04-12-2010
Chairperson’s Welcome
Mar chathaoirleach ar an choiste Clifden2012 tugann sé an-áthas orm fáilte a chur romhaibh go léir ar an láithreán gréasáin. Tá súil agam go mbeidh sibh linn sa Chlochán i rith 2012 le ceiliúradh a lá breithe 200ú ár m...
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Welcome 01-12-2010
Present Day Clifden
Clifden today is a vibrant and cosmopolitan town on the very edge of Europe. It has a population of 1,472 but the hinterland which it serves as the administrative and economic capital to has around 6,000. The “Ca...
John D'Arcy (1785 - 1839)John D'Arcy founded Clifden in 1812. At the time, he was just twenty-six years of age, married and the father of three sons. He was also the proprietor of an estate that covered over 17,000 acr...
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The San Patricios 04-12-2010
The Irish Heroes of Mexico
Batallón de San Patricio: the Irish Heroes of Mexico
Paper appears courtesy of Martín Paredes - http://www.martinparedes.com/
IntroductionOn September 12, 1997,...
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Marconi 01-12-2010
The Marconi Story
GUGLIELMO MARCONI (1874-1937)
“There have been three great moments in my life as an inventor. One when my early wireless signals rang a bell at the other side of the room in which I was carry...
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Clifden to Galway Railway 13-12-2010
The Galway to Clifden Railway
The Galway to Clifden railway was in operation for forty years from 1895 to 1935, it was a single line of standard gauge, 5 feet 3 inches, with a total length of 48 miles 550 feet. The line ran through central Connemar...
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The San Patricios 04-12-2010
San Patricios: The Chieftains & Ry Cooder
What makes a saga, formal history? How does lore become fact? When bits and pieces -- recollections, traditions, memories -- find themselves laid down on the page, or passed down in oral yarns or song. Those are ...
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Archaeology 04-12-2010
Clifden's Deep Past
The area of Clifden has been settled for at least 7,000 years, and possibly as far back as 10,000 years. This Age, known as the Mesolithic or middle Stone Age, was dominated by a hunter/gatherer lifestyle base...
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History 13-12-2010
The Gardens of 19th century Connemara
The end of the 18th century and the early 19th century was the boom time for Irish gardens. Before this the situation within the country was not conducive to the construction of gardens. Obviously there would have been...
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Alcock and Brown 02-12-2010
The Adventure to Clifden
Breandán O’Scanaill traces the flight of Alcock and Brown and outlines the conditions prevailing in Clifden at the time.
On June 15th 1919, Alcock and Brown crash landed their Vickers Vimy aircraft in Derrygimla...
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History 21-07-2011
Local Longevity in 1836
Senior citizens of Gortrummagh and Fakeeragh in 1836
On a recent trawl through early nineteenth century newspapers in the National Library, I found this fascinating item on the inhabitants of the townland...
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Famine In Connemara 22-06-2011
A Picture of the Famine in Connemara
The following is an excerpt from the Illustrated London News, which was the world’s first fully illustrated newspaper, founded in 1842. In the issue of January 5th 1850, the following piece ‘Condition of Ireland, Illus...