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Interesting Facts About County Clare (or it's People)

  • 04-05-2014 9:03pm
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    Clareman
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    There's a very interesting thread in AH about Dublin and facts that people may not know about it, I thought it would be a good topic for a thread in here.

    I'll start, Clare Minor footballers won the first Minor All Ireland, which trophy is named after a Clare man Tom Markham


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    Lady Chatterton
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    John Philip Holland from Liscannor invented the first submarine.


    http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/holland.htm


  • #3
    Kristopherus
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    Clareman wrote: »
    There's a very interesting thread in AH about Dublin and facts that people may not know about it, I thought it would be a good topic for a thread in here.

    I'll start, Clare Minor footballers won the first Minor All Ireland, which trophy is named after a Clare man Tom Markham

    You took the easy one:D


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    colm_mcm
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    We invented Duty Free shopping
    (Brendan O'Regan 1947)

    And Tom Steele with the diving bell (well, a revised version anyway)


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    colm_mcm
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    The drilling device that got to those Chilean miners was designed by Mincon in Shannon.


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    No Pants
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    Pope Urban II considered declaring a crusade to liberate Ennis.


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
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    The pope is the bishop of Kilfenora

    The last Catholic bishop of the diocese was James Augustine O'Daly who died in France in 1749. In 1750 the Catholic church united Kilfenora with Kilmacduagh and in 1883 both dioceses were united with the relatively new diocese of Galway. To this day, the official title for prelate in the see of Galway is Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora. Technically, this means that the Pope is the Bishop of Kilfenora.


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    pilate 1
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    clare won the first ever "back door all ireland"


  • #9
    Clareman
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    pilate 1 wrote: »
    clare won the first ever "back door all ireland"

    Clare are the only team to beat Cork, Kilkenny and Tipp to win an All-Ireland.
    Conor Clancy has won the most medals as a Clare player.
    Brian Lohan was only a sub for the Comp in the Harty.
    Davey Fitz scored a goal in 2 Munster finals in the same year


  • #10
    No Pants
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    pilate 1 wrote: »
    clare won the first ever "back door all ireland"
    Sounds dirty.


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    poppyvally
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    Brian Boru was a clareman from Killaloe


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    999/112
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    pilate 1 wrote: »
    clare won the first ever "back door all ireland"

    Clare won the first all Ireland "under lights"


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    999/112
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    pilate 1 wrote: »
    clare won the first ever "back door all ireland"
    999/112 wrote: »
    Clare won first all Ireland "under lights"

    Clare won the first All Ireland held on a Saturday. [I think]


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    Jim Martin
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    colm_mcm wrote: »
    We invented Duty Free shopping
    (Brendan O'Regan 1947)


    & Irish Coffee!


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    Lady Chatterton
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    Jim Martin wrote: »
    & Irish Coffee!
    I love an Irish Coffee but I'm not sure we can claim The Irish Coffee, Jim ;)

    The Irish Coffee was created in 1943 in Foynes, Co. Limerick by a chef called Joe Sheridan from Co. Tyrone. (Brendan O'Regan recruited him to work in his restaurant in the Foynes Terminal Building).


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    Poxyshamrock
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    Charlotte Brontë honeymooned in Kilkee! :pac:


  • #17
    feargale
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    Rather than enlightening you with facts, I have a question. Eight people were convicted of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Most of them were from Maryland, including one Michael O'Loughlin. Surely he must have had Clare ancestry. Anybody know?


  • #18
    Aglomerado
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    Poxyshamrock wrote: »
    Charlotte Brontë honeymooned in Kilkee! :pac:

    I didn't know that!
    This article explains more.


  • #19
    Jim Martin
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    MrsD007 wrote: »
    I love an Irish Coffee but I'm not sure we can claim The Irish Coffee, Jim ;)

    The Irish Coffee was created in 1943 in Foynes, Co. Limerick by a chef called Joe Sheridan from Co. Tyrone. (Brendan O'Regan recruited him to work in his restaurant in the Foynes Terminal Building).

    Ooops! Sorry there now - I was thinking of Shannon!


  • #20
    Clareman
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    Richard Harris used to holiday in Kilkee, used to refuse to take the stair to a local restaurant and insisted on climbing in the window on the second floor. There's a statue to him there now which was officially unveiled by Russell Crowe.


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    No Pants
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    Clareman wrote: »
    Richard Harris...used to refuse to take the stair to a local restaurant and insisted on climbing in the window on the second floor.
    What? :)


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  • #22
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Muhammad Ali is an Ennis man:

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0901/121240-alim/

    And Danny Devito is related (I think) to the good folks of Numero Uno Pizza.


  • #23
    Balagan
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    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Muhammad Ali is an Ennis man:

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0901/121240-alim/

    And Danny Devito is related (I think) to the good folks of Numero Uno Pizza.

    Ah no! Sure he's a Crusheen man. Like yourself!

    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ali's+NOT+from+Ennis%3B+%26+HIS+GREAT-GRANDFATHER+WAS+BORN+IN..+KENTUCKY.-a0209066708


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Balagan wrote: »
    Ah no! Sure he's a Crusheen man. Like yourself!

    http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ali's+NOT+from+Ennis%3B+%26+HIS+GREAT-GRANDFATHER+WAS+BORN+IN..+KENTUCKY.-a0209066708

    Well, he's a Clare man at any rate. Imagine he had taken up hurling!


  • #25
    windy shepard henderson
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    Billy Lacey born in wexford but grew up in kilrush was the first irish man to play for liverpool

    Ennis man willie boland holds the record at cardiff city as there longest serving player in the clubs history


  • #26
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    I heard once that Kylie Minouge has roots in Co Clare. But I have no further info on that.


  • #27
    dee_mc
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    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    I heard once that Kylie Minouge has roots in Co Clare. But I have no further info on that.

    I've heard that too, East Clare.


  • #28
    Kristopherus
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    dee_mc wrote: »
    I've heard that too, East Clare.

    Yea, most likely. There are a lot of Minogues scatterd around East Clare.


  • #29
    Clareman
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    windy shepard henderson wrote: »
    Billy Lacey born in wexford but grew up in kilrush was the first irish man to play for liverpool

    Ennis man willie boland holds the record at cardiff city as there longest serving player in the clubs history

    Kevin Sheedy (who scored against England in Italia 90) is related to Sheedy's Shop in Darragh.


  • #30
    Clareman
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    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    I heard once that Kylie Minouge has roots in Co Clare. But I have no further info on that.

    Marilyn from Home and Away was around West Clare years ago visiting her long lost relations as well.


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  • #31
    Carry
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    In December 1974 secret peace talks between senior protestant clergymen and members of the IRA army council and Sinn Féin took place in Smyth's Hotel (long derelict) in Feakle, East Clare.

    Unfortunately (120!) over-eager Gardaí and 60 (!) Irish special branch officers were on their way to arrest the IRA representatives and the peace talks went down the flush. The participants were warned, though, and could escape.

    But at least it led to a six months ceasefire.


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