Long ago in County Clare

Photos and stories from the history of County Clare, brought fresh to your timeline by Colm Liddy.

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

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[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

Now available these unique Christmas cards celebrating the history of Co. Clare. Send text or WhatsApp to Colm for pricing and to order. 086 8035319

[Dan Danaher News @DanDanaherNews]

POWERFUL PEOPLE - Ardnacrusha Power Station - By the People Who Worked There written by Dan Danaher Published by Banner Books. The book will be officially launched by Clare County Council Cathaoirleach - Paul Murphy on Thursday, November 13th, 2025 at 8pm in the Old Ground Hotel.

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

Another pic of Michael D, from 1959 with his pals. He is 2nd right, but the guy 2nd left also has a claim to fame. Sean Shanagher subsequently joined the Irish army. Two years later he was in the Congo & fought the SIEGE OF JADOTVILLE, wherein 156 men held off onslaught by 3000.

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

As his Presidency draws to a close, here's Michael D. Higgins 75 years ago (1950) when he was a pupil at Ballycar NS, a 2 teacher country school outside Newmarket on Fergus. He's the boy in the middle.

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

Mostly forgotten now but Kilkee once had its very own Monster, a cousin perhaps of the one in Loch Ness... The last confirmed sighting was in October 1871 and it prompted this graphic newspaper illustration. Write up attached

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

@irishacw @GettysburgNMP @gburgfoundation Hi Damian. You’re doing great work. Tangentially related but I just came across this letter from New Quay, Co. Clare in 1863 in the Kerby Miller collection, which may be of interest.

[Irish Heritage News @heritage_irish]

On the shaft of the high cross at Dysert O’Dea in #Clare is a large-scale carving of a bishop in high relief wearing a long robe & conical mitre – a type of hat worn by bishops, reflecting a Continental tradition adopted in Ireland mainly during the 11th & 12th centuries. 🧵

[Irish Heritage News @heritage_irish]

Tomorrow, Sun 22Sep, Bunratty Castle & Folk Park will host its annual “Traditional Harvest Day”, offering visitors the opportunity to view Ireland’s largest private collection of vintage farm machinery: https://t.co/jUXHCS9ZDR
#Bunratty #Clare #VintageFarmMachinery #IrishHeritage

[Irish Heritage News @heritage_irish]

This weekend: Experience Ireland's ancient crafts and trades at the Culture & Crafts Fair in #Craggaunowen, Co. #Clare! Enjoy craft demos, live music and storytelling at the medieval castle, open-air museum & surrounding woodlands. More info: https://t.co/ySvxMh85tj

#IrishCrafts

[Long ago in Newmarket on fergus @AgoFergus]

Available in all sizes and 3 colours, I'll have a full range of other designs celebrating the History of County Clare. Also available books and posters. T Shirt costs 25 euro and can be ordered for free local delivery from [email protected] or 086 8035319.
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[Long ago in Newmarket on fergus @AgoFergus]

Introducing... a new T Shirt featuring Newmarket in 1703! Showing the oldest map of the village, when it was quite tiny but nonetheless had some industry in the form of two Mills. T Shirt will be launched this Sunday at the Newmarket On Fergus Show where I will have a stall.

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

The O’Briens of Dromoland in 1880. Ellen (née White) & Edward Donough, with children Donough, Moira, Clare, Eileen & (perched top right) Maud. They were aged 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 (O’Brien had already four children from his 1st marriage and this 2nd union was blessed with ten…😀)

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

this link. https://t.co/U96Xgti2By

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

There is nowhere on this planet can compare with Co. Clare for the incredible range of our historical sites … & with the number of them which have cows running freely amidst the ancient stonework..
To wit, I have designed a T Shirt. Check it & 4 more on a Clare History theme at

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

@auldpaddy Hi Paddy. Perhaps confusing because it’s spelt a few different ways. Here it is . https://t.co/PmGcta15bB

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

The castle of Ballymarkham is like a giant Doll’s House, with rooms, doorways visible inside. This is because of visitors here in 1651… With great efficiency, Cromwell’s army demolished just one corner of it, containing the spiral staircase, thereby making it uninhabitable💀

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

Domestic servants at Dromoland in 1873. Butler, footman, house boy & a hierarchy of maids, mostly born in England. It was a requirement they be ‘clean in their person’ & Protestant. Workers on the estate farm however, & the lowest class of servant- skivvies, were Catholic. 😀

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

Expired 19 years…I suppose they’d still be grand if you were stuck…

[Long ago in County Clare @ago_clare]

While looking for something else, I just came across my old Nuclear ‘Accident’ tablets. Issued to our whole population in 2002, they went out of date just three years later. Thank God we no longer have any need, as the world we live in is a much safer place 😀