Clonlara

This article is about the village in County Clare. For the American school of that name, see Clonlara School.

Clonlara Cluain Lára
—  Town  —
Clonlara Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°43′N 8°33′W / 52.72°N 8.55°W / 52.72; -8.55Coordinates: 52°43′N 8°33′W / 52.72°N 8.55°W / 52.72; -8.55
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	R625638

Clonlara, officially Cloonlara (from Irish: Cluain Lára),^[1] is a village in County Clare, Ireland.

Sports

Clonlara has a GAA club and an equestrian centre.^[2][3]

Natives

Irish rugby union player Marcus Horan and Irish hurler Darach Honan were born in the village as was Jan O'Sullivan (née Gale), Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East.

Clonlara Affair

In 1956 in Clonlara, a local curate had a local group beat up two Jehovah's Witnesses and burn the literature which the two had been trying to distribute. Taoiseach John A. Costello "responded to a protest from Bishop Joseph Rodgers of Killaloe by writing that he appreciated 'the just indignation aroused among the clergy and the people by the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.'"^[4]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
2. ^ Clonlara GAA
3. ^ Clonlara Equestrian Centre
4. ^ Clonlara affair of 1956