Ruan () is a village in
County Clare in
Ireland
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It is in the Catholic parish of
Dysart and Ruan.
Location
Ruan is near
the Burren and between
Corofin,
Crusheen and
Ennis
Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...
.
The name "Ruan" (''An Ruadhán'') is an old Irish term for the alder tree, at one time used to make red dye.
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The parish contains Dromore Lake.][
Dromore wood is a wildlife sanctuary, with diverse flora and fauna including badgers, pine martens, squirrels and foxes.
There are two self-guiding nature trails. The five lakes of Dromore are rich in fish.][
Ruan contains the parish church of St Mary's.
The Catholic parish of Dysart and Ruan has its parish office in Ruan.
In 1977 a new school was opened on the outskirts of Ruan village, and the old school became a Community Hall used for indoor sports and social events.][
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History
In 1837 fairs were held twice yearly at Ruan. The sheep fair of 26 September was one of the most important in the county.
At that time the villages of Ruan and Dysert each held a police station and each had a public school, educating about 660 children in all.[
Ruan railway station on the West Clare line opened in 1888 and closed on 1 October 1921.][
Early in the morning of 18 October 1920 Ruan barracks was attacked by 32 men of the ]Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief th ...
(IRA) Mid-Clare Brigade. One member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was killed and two wounded. The IRA men captured 15 rifles and 14 revolvers.[
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Notable people
* Mary Francis Bridgeman, nun and nurse
* Jimmy Smyth, hurler
* Cyril Lyons
Cyril Lyons (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler and manager who played as a full-forward for the Clare senior team.
Lyons made his first appearance for the team during the 1983 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen u ...
, hurler
* Sharon Shannon, accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a ree ...
-player and traditional Irish musician
Townlands
The civil parish contains the townlands of Addroon, Ballaghboy, Ballyharraghan, Ballymacrogan East, Ballymacrogan West, Ballyteige East, Ballyteige West, Ballyogan Beg, Ballyogan More, Bealickania, Bealnalicka, Caherlough, Cahermacrea, Cloonfeaghra, Cloonnagloghaun, Cooga, Dromeen, Dromore, Drumcavan, Foilrim, Garvillaun, Gorteen, Gregmoher, Kilkee East, Kilkee West, Killeen, Lisduff, Lisheenvicknaheeha, Lismuinga East, Lismuinga West, Lissyline, Loughaunnaweelaun, Moymore, Moyree Commons, Nooan, Ooankeagh, Portlecka, Ranaghan, Rathcahaun, Rathvergin, Rinelea, Rinneen, Ruan Commons, Teermulmoney, Teernea, Teernea Commons, Tonlegee, Toormore, Tullymackan and Tullyodea.
References
External links
Clare County Library - Ruan
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Towns and villages in County Clare