Clonlara

Clonlara is in the east of County Clare in the civil parish of Kiltonanlea or Doonass, barony of Tulla Lower. It lies between the River Shannon to the east and the Clare hills to the west and north.{{cite web|url=http://www.clonlarans.ie/pages/about-us.php|access-date=31 March 2014|title=About Us|publisher=Scoil Seanáin Naofa, Clonlara}} Clonlara village is on the road between Killaloe and Limerick, 8 km north-east of the centre of Limerick city. In 1841 there were 219 people in 31 houses. The village lies beside the head-race canal that deliver water to power the Ardnacrusha power plant a few kilometres to the southwest.{{cite web|publisher=Google Maps|url=https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Clonlara,+Clare,+Ireland&ie=UTF-8&ei=vls5U5OOLIThqAHgloDQDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ|title=Clonlara, Clare, Ireland|work=Google Maps|access-date=30 March 2014}}

Clonlara has an equestrian centre and a Gaelic Athletic Association club, Clonlara GAA.{{cite web|url = http://www.clonlaragaa.com | title = Clonlara GAA website |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930232455/http://www.clonlaragaa.com/ |archivedate=2012-09-30 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.clonlaraequestrian.com/asp/section.asp?s=1 | title = Clonlara Equestrian Centre website | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120722150032/http://www.clonlaraequestrian.com/asp/section.asp?s=1 |archivedate =22 July 2012 | website = clonlaraequestrian.com}}

The village is part of Clonlara (Doonas and Truagh) parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe, and the Church of Ireland parish of Kiltenanlea. The parish has two churches:{{cite web|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/clonlara-doonas-and-truagh/church.html|title=Clonlara (Doonas and Truagh)|access-date=30 March 2014|publisher=Diocese of Killaloe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331151108/http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/clonlara-doonas-and-truagh/church.html|archive-date=31 March 2014|url-status=dead}} Mary, the Mother of God (Truagh) and St Senan's (Clonlara), both Roman Catholic. Kiltenanlea's Protestant church (Church of Ireland) is no longer a functioning parish church, but is used for weddings and seasonal carol services.{{cite web |url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf |title=The List Of Church Of Ireland Parish Registers |website=www.ireland.anglican.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615052718/https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{failed verification|reason=How does this reference support this text? About not functioning by used for weddings and carols etc?|date=March 2023}}

In 1956 in Clonlara, a group of people were reputedly prompted by a local Catholic curate to physically assault two Jehovah's Witnesses and to burn the literature which they had been trying to distribute. Several people were charged for involvement in the "Clonlara affair". While Taoiseach John A. Costello reportedly "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'",{{cite web| url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2009/0117/ireland/church-pays-the-price-for-its-history-of-sectarianism-and-blind-arrogance-82154.html | archiveurl = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110225110355/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2009/0117/ireland/church-pays-the-price-for-its-history-of-sectarianism-and-blind-arrogance-82154.html | archivedate = 25 February 2011 | title = Church pays the price for its history of sectarianism and blind arrogance | website = archives.tcm.ie | first = Ryle |last = Dwyer }} he also "insisted that the law had to be upheld".{{Cite news |last=Whyte |first=Barry |date=16 July 2017 |title="For him, the end times are not to be feared, but welcomed. "Jehovah's Witnesses are not," he says. "In fact, it excites us."" |pages=16 |work=The Sunday Business Post |url=https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/jw-special-convention-special-report-july-16-2017-in-the-the-sunday-business-post-by-barry-whyte/ |access-date=23 March 2022}}

{{See also|Category:People from Clonlara}}

• Colm Honan and Darach Honan, hurlers{{cite web |first=Niall |last=McIntyre |title="I could still be playing if I had trained that bit smarter" – Darach Honan on early retirement |url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/darach-honan-140984 |date=2 November 2017 |website=sportsjoe.ie |access-date=21 April 2025}}
• Marcus Horan, Irish rugby union player{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/irish-news/horan-vows-to-battle-on-for-club-and-country-26627319.html| website = independent.ie | title = Horan vows to battle on for club and country | date = 29 January 2010 | accessdate = 12 March 2023 }}
• Jan O'Sullivan, Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister for Education{{cite web|url = https://universitytimes.ie/2014/07/profile-minister-for-education-jan-osullivan/ | website = universitytimes.ie | title = Profile: Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan | date = 11 July 2014 | accessdate = 12 March 2023 }}

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

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