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Clane is a small (population 4,417) Irish town situated on the River Liffey and in the barony of Clane. It is located 20 miles from Dublin and half way between Maynooth and Naas in North Kildare. Since the 1990s Clane has undergone rapid development and an increase in population as its status as a satellite town to the City of Dublin has become more prominent. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2006) 186,075 Website: www. ...
The Liffey in West Wicklow The Liffey (An Life in Irish) is a river in the Republic of Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
History
The town can be traced as far back as 520 A.D. when it consisted of an abbey founded by St. Ailbe, Bishop of Fernes. At one point the town existed as a peninsula jutting into a now dried up lake on the river Liffey.
The name Clane is an Anglicised version of the word, "Claonadh", which means bend. The River Liffey meanders slightly at Clane, coming along the road leading towards Naas. In the Medeival period the barony of Clane was known as Otymy. The medieval barony of Otymy was granted by the Earl of Leinster, Strongbow, to Adam de Hereford before 1176. Adam gave it to his brother Richard de Hereford. It was partitioned between his granddaughters who married Sir John Staunton and John’s son Adam.
Clane in fiction The town of Clane is one of the settings in the early life of Stephen Dedalus, the protagonist in the novel by James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. ...
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialized in The Egoist from 1914 to 1915 and published in book form in 1916. ...
Transportation The N4 (West road) is one of the main roads linking Clane with Dublin. The town is also serviced by Bus Éireann, which operate regular bus service between Edenderry and Dublin. A commuter train station located in Sallins, a village a couple of miles from Clane, has a regular service to Dublin. Bus Éireann, or Irish Bus, provides bus services in the Republic of Ireland with the exception of those operated entirely within the Dublin Region, which are provided by Dublin Bus. ...
Native tounge Clane has its own unique way of speaking. This was developed in Clane and changed from generation to generation. Only the idiots use these words.
The common english words and phrases have there own unique way of been spoke in clane E.G
Man/Boy - Fein
Woman/Girl - Beor
Good - Munya
Brilliant - Rulya
Outdoors There are 10 golf courses within 10 miles of the town, the most famous of which is the K Club, where the 1995 European Open was held, and which hosted the 2006 Ryder Cup.
Clane rugby club boast 2 senior sides and a strong youth set up, with pitches situated on the Balinagappa Rd :www.clanerugby.com
In 2006 two local Clane boys, Daniel McCormack and Brian O'Connor, cycled from Clane to Offaly in 4 hours and 30 minutes to prove that the spirt of cyclen in Clanes is its best tradition. County Offaly (Irish: Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath, Meath, Kildare, Laois, and Tipperary. ...
Education - Scoil Mhuire (Second level School)
- Hewetsons N.S. (Primary school)
- Scoil Bhride G.N.S. (Primary school)
- St Patricks B.N.S. (Primary school)
- Clane Business School (Private College)
- Longtown Creche and Montessori
Clongowes Wood College, run by the Jesuit Fathers is a secondary school located near Clane; James Joyce was educated there.
Notable Persons associated with Clane - Ron Wood guitarist for the Rolling Stones
- Charles Handy (Author of business philosophy)
- Joseph Locke (Tenor)
- Adam Wilson
- Irel O' Farrell
Wayne Quinn (*pornstar*) Ronald David Ron Wood (born June 1, 1947 in Hillingdon, London) is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones, The Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. ...
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- Chevalier Wogan of Rathcoffey Castle [1]
- Wolfe Tone of Blackhall Estate
- Neil Frenzy, Celtic Pro Heavyweight Champion
- Richard Griffith of Millicent Estate [2]
- Charles Wolfe (1791 - 1823) of Blackhall Estate [3]
- Father John Sullivan
- Blessed Joseph Marmion [4]
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