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For other uses, see Cloone. Town in Connacht, IrelandCloone An Chluain | |
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Town | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Leitrim |
Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
Population | |
• Urban | 600 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Cloone (Irish: An Chluain) is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. The village is located in the south of the county, just off the R201 regional road; its nearest town is Mohill. Its name is an Anglicised version of the Irish-language word cluain, meaning meadow.
Buildings
- St Mary's Catholic Church (1971)
- Ruin of the old Catholic Church
- Fatima National School (1965)
St. James's Church Tower
The bell tower of St James's Church of Ireland is all that is left of a building that was erected by the Board of First Fruits in 1822. The tower was restored in the mid-1990's and a clock installed, which was manufactured by Samuel Elliott of Dublin. It is a local landmark from which some of the finest angling waters in the area can be seen off the Cloone to Ballinamore Road.
World War I (1914 - 1918) casualties from Cloone.
A total of eleven men from the Cloone area are known to have died whilst on active service during the Great War (1914 – 1918), having given their place of birth or permanent domicile as Cloone Village or the parish thereof at the time of their enlisting.
Those bodies recovered and identified were interred in various military cemeteries in Belgium (La Laiterie Military Cemetery & Pond Farm Cemetery), France (Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Cuinchy Communal Cemetery, Philosophe British Cemetery & Savy British Cemetery), Israel (Beersheba War Cemetery) and Turkey (Lala Baba Cemetery). However, those men who lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme with no known graves, are recorded on the Thiepval Memorial near the village of Thiepval, Picardie in France.
Regiment, rank, name, place and date of death
Royal Irish Rifles. 1st Battalion.
Rflm. Bohan, Joseph
Died: Somme, 1st July 1916 (or 16th July 1916).
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). 7th Battalion.
Pte. Canning, Michael
Died: Flanders, 7th June 1917.
Irish Guards. 1st Battalion.
Pte. Connolly, John
Died: France, 6th Feb. 1915.
Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 25th Battalion.
Pte. Doyle, John
Died: Egypt, 31st Oct. 1917.
Connaught Rangers. 6th Battalion.
Pte. Foy, Harry
Died: France, 6th Apr. 1916.
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers). 7th Battalion.
Act. Corp. Johnston, Edward J.
Died: Somme, 5th Sept. 1916.
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). 1st/4th Battalion.
Pte. Keegan, Francis
Died: Somme, 8th July 1916.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 8th Battalion.
Act. Sgt. Mc Dowell, Robert J.
Died: Somme, 9th Sept. 1916.
Lancashire Fusiliers. 9th Battalion.
Sgt. Mc Kiernan, Frank
Died: Gallipoli, 17th Aug. 1915.
Royal Irish Rifles. 2nd Battalion.
Lance. Corp. Mc Loughlin, Peter
Died: France, 24th Mar. 1918.
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). 2nd Battalion.
Pte. Murphy, Michael
Died: France, 16th Apr. 1915.
Notes and references
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 1, p. 171
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Bohan, Joseph
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 1, p. 365
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Canning, Michael
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 2, p. 123
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Connolly, John (incorrect battalion stated)
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 3, p. 15
- *War Graves Commission - Doyle, John
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 3, p. 217
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Foy, Harry
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 4, p. 271
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Johnston, Edward J.
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 4, p. 324 (incorrect regiment stated)
- *War Graves Commission - Keegan, Francis
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 5, p. 361
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - McDowell, Robert J.
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 6, p. 62
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - McKiernan, Frank
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 6, p. 77
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - McLoughlin, Peter
- Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918, Vol. 6, p. 268
- *Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Murphy, Michael