O'Callaghans Mills
| O'Callaghan's Mills Muillte Uí Cheallacháin | |
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| Village | |
  O'Callaghan's Mills | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′N 8°40′W / 52.84°N 8.67°WCoordinates: 52°50′N 8°40′W / 52.84°N 8.67°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Urban | 575 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R535769 |
O'Callaghan's Mills (Irish: Muillte Uí Cheallacháin) is a community situated 26 km north of Limerick City in the County Clare, Ireland. The village takes its name from the O'Callaghan family who were large landowners in the area and a corn and grist mill built by John Coonan on the lands of Cornelius O'Callaghan in 1772. The community sustains a regular senior Gaelic Athletic Association hurling panel team with county championship achievements at under-age, junior and senior levels.
Geographical Situation
O'Callaghan's Mills is situated in East County Clare, halfway between the County Town of Ennis and River Shannon's Lough Derg.
Nearby Places
- Tulla
- Scarriff
- Ennis (23 km)
- Limerick (26 km)
- Shannon Airport (30 km)
History
The village takes its name from the O'Callaghan family who were large landowners in the area. They were displaced from the Mallow area of Cork in confiscations during the Cromwellian Plantations in the 1650s when they lost 24,000 acres (97 km2), 20,000 of which was deemed to have been the property of the ruling chief, Donncha O'Callaghan. He and his extended family were transplanted to east Clare, where they obtained land in the barony of Tulla. The village of O'Callaghan's Mills records their continued presence.[citation needed]
GAA History
The parish of O'Callaghans Mills has won the Clare county hurling championship on eight occasions through various teams with the last being in 1937. In 1909 the county final was contested by two teams from O'Callaghans Mills village itself; The Fireballs and St. Patricks with the Fireballs claiming victory. O'Callaghans Mills was due to take part in the 1922 county final but this was not played as a result of the Troubles at the time.
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