Cloone
Sign in to saveCloone () is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. The village is located in the south of the county, just off the R201 road; its nearest town is Mohill. Its name is an anglicised version of the Irish-language word cluain, meaning 'meadow'. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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Cloone () is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. The village is located in the south of the county, just off the R201 road; its nearest town is Mohill. Its name is an anglicised version of the Irish-language word cluain, meaning 'meadow'. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
==History== The Justinian plague of Mohill barony badly affected the Cloone area in the 6th century. Bernard Kilrane who died in 1900 AD aged 111 years at Tawnymore near Cloone, was perhaps the oldest recorded Irishman. Throughout at least the 19th and 20th centuries, an impressive number of annual fairs were held at Cloone on - 12 February, 5 April, 26 May, 13 June (or 14th), 10 July, 26 August, 29 September, 2 November and 20 December.