Lomchluain

Lumcloon is a townland in the parish of Cloghan and Banagher in County Offaly, sited within the Bog of Allen on low-lying land of blue-grey clay soil. The name derives from Irish Lom (bare) and Cluain (meadow), referring to the open grassland characteristic of the midlands. The parish was established in the early Christian period by Saint Canoc, a Welsh missionary, and Saint Rynagh, sister of S...