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, edited by Gerard Madden of East Clare Heritage, again provides a valuable insight into unexplored areas of east Clare’s local history.
Michael Coffey, who lives in Mer- seyside, writes about a Clare land
dispute in Ballyvannon, Tuamgraney that came before the House of Lords in 1819, while Alfie O’Brien from Whitegate discusses the Ballinruane estate of Clanricarde, with a map and comments.
Lorna Moloney from Feakle, who lectures in the history department in the University of Limerick writes
about sex and marriage in medieval Thomond. The magnificent stained glass windows of Josh- ua and Harry Clarke in St Flannan’s Church,
Killaloe receive at- tention from Donncha MacGabhann.
Padraig G Lane, a retired history teacher from Rochestown, County Cork has done extensive research on Fenianism, the Land Question, and the Rural Labour Movement and
has contributed an article on Clare rural local organization and constab- ulary intelligence 1881-1901.
Other areas include the Clare Gold Cup by well-known historian, Kieran Sheedy, the killing of civilians by the military in Bodyke in 1817 by Denis Moloney and the coming of electric- ity to Scariff by Michael O’Gorman.