Clonroche

History

From the mid-17th century until the early 20th century, the village of Clonroche was located on the large estate owned by the Carew family of nearby Ballyboro (later renamed Castleboro). From the 18th century onwards, their seat was Castleboro House, and a notable head of this family was Robert Carew (1787–1856). Rev. James Bentley Gordon, who was Protestant rector of Killegney in 1798, wrote an account of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and also wrote an account of the parishes of Killegney and Chapel that appeared in William Shaw Mason's Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland, printed in 1814. A later author, Patrick Kennedy was also connected with Clonroche and the surrounding area (in his youth he attended school in Cloughbawn, in the townland of Clonroche, and resided in Castleboro and Courtnacuddy townlands). He wrote of the locality and its people (e.g., the clerics of Killegney parish) in Banks of the Boro (1856). The Boro from the title is a small river that flows through the nearby countryside.

Most-observed species

• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  571
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  528
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  514
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  476
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  439
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  426
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  418
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  416

Most recent

• M 3.2 — 2005-12-14
  27 km E of Wicklow, Ireland