The exact location of the third McAuliffe castle is unknown but it stood on the Demesne lands of Newmarket Court, now known as the James O'Keeffe Institute
One of two townlands in Clanaulie which contains the clan name as a placename element. According to the Annals of the Four Masters in 1535 the McAuliffe's won a major battle here in which the Lord of Claonglas was killed.
Christa McAuliffe lost her life when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 Secs. after lift off on the 28th January 1986. The McAuliffe Crater on the Moon was named after her as well as the asteroid 3352 McAuliffe. The Soviet Union also named a crater on Venus in her memory.
Denis Horgan was born in Fermoyle Banteer on May 18th 1871 and died in June 1922. He was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower. During his career he won over 42 titles for the shot put including the Triple A Shot put championship thirteen times.
Dr Pat O'Callaghan won the gold medal at the Olympic Games for hammer throwing in Amsterdam in 1928 and in Los Angeles in 1932. He was born in 1905 in Derryconnell, Duhallow.
The tide was low enough this morning to walk below the rocks between Curragh and Ballyquinn beach. I took the opportunity to stroll over and have a look at Fuges house in Glencorran.
