A Storied History...

Learn more about the long history of Cloyne – stories of saints, scholars, underground caves and sporting legends.

There is evidence for a town in Cloyne as far back as the 13th century. It can be seen in...

George Berkeley, born near Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny in 1685, was one of the great philosophers of the early modern period....

The Cloyne Cross was given to the National Museum, Dublin in 1885 (where it can still be seen today) by...

Cloyne is derived from the Irish word cluain which means 'meadow'. This of course is only half a name. The...

According to the Book of Leinster, Colman, son of Lenin, was a descendant of Mogh Nuadha, King of Munster in...

The diocese of Cloyne was founded in 560 AD by St. Colman and the Cathedral is still in use today...

Cloyne is fortunate in possessing an 11th century Round Tower in a very good state of preservation. Although it is...

John Mortimer Brinkley was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk and baptised there in 1763. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1788,...

The people of the locality had the rights of grazing cattle in summer and cutting turf on the common. The...

There is no record of how the name Castle Mary originated but it may be that the first Longfield called...

Cynthia Longfield was 94 when she died at Castle Mary, Cloyne, the place she had always considered home. In those...

In the Cloyne Valley there are two distinct materials referred to locally as clay. The one we have been discussing...

Now that most people have mains water in or near their homes, it is hard to imagine a time when...

The period between 9th February 1920 and 8th May 1920 was an uneventful one for the IRA around Midleton, except...

Christy Ring was a native of Cloyne and one of Ireland's greatest ever hurlers. The memorial in the village was...