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{{short description|Village in County Clare, Ireland}}
{{about|the village in County Clare|the American school of that name|Clonlara School}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Clonlara
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Cluain Lára}}
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
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|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Munster]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Clare]]
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|population_as_of       = [[2016 census of Ireland|2016]]
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|population             = 713
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|timezone1              = [[West European Time|WET]]
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'''Clonlara''', officially '''Cloonlara''' ({{Irish derived place name|Cluain Lára}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/7489.aspx|title=Cluain Lára/Cloonlara|website=logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | accessdate = 12 March 2023 }}</ref> is a village in [[County Clare]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], and a Roman Catholic parish of the same name.
==Village and amenities==
Clonlara is in the east of County Clare in the civil parish of [[Kiltonanlea]] or Doonass, barony of [[Tulla Lower]].<ref name=Gazetteer1845/> It lies between the [[River Shannon]] to the east and the Clare hills to the west and north.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clonlarans.ie/pages/about-us.php|access-date=31 March 2014|title=About Us|publisher=Scoil Seanáin Naofa, Clonlara}}</ref> Clonlara village is on the road between [[Killaloe, County Clare|Killaloe]] and [[Limerick]], 8&nbsp;km north-east of the centre of Limerick city. In 1841 there were 219 people in 31 houses.<ref name=Gazetteer1845/> The village lies beside the head-race canal that deliver water to power the [[Ardnacrusha power plant]] a few kilometres to the southwest.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Google Maps|url=https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Clonlara,+Clare,+Ireland&ie=UTF-8&ei=vls5U5OOLIThqAHgloDQDA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ|title=Clonlara, Clare, Ireland|work=Google Maps|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
Clonlara has an equestrian centre and a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club, [[Clonlara GAA]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.clonlaragaa.com | title = Clonlara GAA website |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930232455/http://www.clonlaragaa.com/ |archivedate=2012-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.clonlaraequestrian.com/asp/section.asp?s=1 | title = Clonlara Equestrian Centre website | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120722150032/http://www.clonlaraequestrian.com/asp/section.asp?s=1 |archivedate =22 July 2012 | website = clonlaraequestrian.com}}</ref>
==Religion==
The village is part of Clonlara (Doonas and Truagh) parish of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe]], and the [[Church of Ireland]] parish of [[Kiltenanlea]]. The parish has two churches:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/clonlara-doonas-and-truagh/church.html|title=Clonlara (Doonas and Truagh)|access-date=30 March 2014|publisher=Diocese of Killaloe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331151108/http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parish/clonlara-doonas-and-truagh/church.html|archive-date=31 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mary, the Mother of God (Truagh) and St Senan's (Clonlara), both Roman Catholic. [[Kiltenanlea]]'s Protestant church (Church of Ireland) is no longer a functioning parish church, but is used for weddings and seasonal carol services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf |title=The List Of Church Of Ireland Parish Registers |website=www.ireland.anglican.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615052718/https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{failed verification|reason=How does this reference support this text? About not functioning by used for weddings and carols etc?|date=March 2023}}</ref>
In 1956 in Clonlara, a group of people were reputedly prompted by a local Catholic curate to physically assault two Jehovah's Witnesses and to burn the literature which they had been trying to distribute. Several people were charged for involvement in the "[[Clonlara affair]]". While [[Taoiseach]] [[John Aloysius Costello|John A. Costello]] reportedly "responded to a protest from [[Joseph Rodgers (bishop)|Bishop Joseph Rodgers]] of Killaloe" by writing that he "appreciated 'the just indignation aroused among the clergy and the people by the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses'",<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2009/0117/ireland/church-pays-the-price-for-its-history-of-sectarianism-and-blind-arrogance-82154.html | archiveurl = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110225110355/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2009/0117/ireland/church-pays-the-price-for-its-history-of-sectarianism-and-blind-arrogance-82154.html | archivedate = 25 February 2011 | title = Church pays the price for its history of sectarianism and blind arrogance | website = archives.tcm.ie | first = Ryle |last = Dwyer }}</ref> he also "insisted that the law had to be upheld".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Whyte |first=Barry |date=16 July 2017 |title="For him, the end times are not to be feared, but welcomed. "Jehovah's Witnesses are not," he says. "In fact, it excites us."" |pages=16 |work=[[The Sunday Business Post]] |url=https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/jw-special-convention-special-report-july-16-2017-in-the-the-sunday-business-post-by-barry-whyte/ |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
== Notable people ==
{{See also|Category:People from Clonlara}}
* [[Marcus Horan]], Irish rugby union player<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/irish-news/horan-vows-to-battle-on-for-club-and-country-26627319.html| website = independent.ie | title = Horan vows to battle on for club and country | date = 29 January 2010 | accessdate = 12 March 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Colm Honan]] and [[Darach Honan]], hurlers
* [[Jan O'Sullivan]], Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) and former [[Minister for Education (Ireland)|Minister for Education]]<ref>{{cite web|url = https://universitytimes.ie/2014/07/profile-minister-for-education-jan-osullivan/ | website = universitytimes.ie | title = Profile: Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan | date = 11 July 2014 | accessdate = 12 March 2023 }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland|List of towns and villages in Ireland]]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Gazetteer1845>{{cite book|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/cloonlara.htm|title=Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland|year=1845|chapter=Cloonlara|access-date=31 March 2014}}</ref>}}
{{County Clare}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe}}
[[Category:Towns and villages in County Clare]]
[[Category:Parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe]]