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Clonaghadoo

Clonaghadoo
Village
Clonaghadoo Church
Clonaghadoo Church
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Laois
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)IST (WEST)
The road to Clonaghadoo

Clonaghadoo is a village in County Laois, Ireland, located 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Mountmellick just off the N80 national secondary road. The Slieve Bloom Mountains lie southwest of the village. The village is part of the Roman Catholic parish Mountmellick.

St Marys National School Clonaghadoo

Amenities

There is a Catholic church, school and a community hall. The hall was originally a Clonaghadoo National School, opened in 1912. The name Clonaghadoo comes from Cluanacha Dubha, or the Black Meadows.[1]

In the grounds of the church, there is a labyrinth of low hedges and gravel paths.[2]

Sport

Kilcavan GAA is the village's club for Gaelic football, while other nearby Gaelic games clubs are The Rock GAA and Mountmellick GAA.

See also

  1. ^ "logainm.ie - Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ Clonaghadoo Labyrinth

53°10′16″N 7°22′19″W / 53.1711°N 7.3719°W / 53.1711; -7.3719

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