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A small village on the road to Limerick. Cratloe gets its name from the Irish for land of the Sally trees.

From Woodcock Hill behind it there are extensive views of the Shannon and Fergus estuaries and Shannon town and airport.

There are good forest walks. The Cratloe Woods, originally primeval oak woods now constitute a State forest, on the slopes of Woodcock Hill. They contain many interesting trees. It is said that Cratloe supplied the oak beams for the roof of Westminis...

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Formerly the Vandeleur Demesne, occupies 170 hectares east of the town. The ruined Vandeleur House was demolished in 1973 and the site is now a car part and picnic area. Planted in the 18th century, the bulk of the wood consists of mature trees of great beauty. The town has a striking memorial to the Manchester martyrs of 1867, the work of J.K. Bracken of Templemore, Co. Tipperary. Bracken was father of Brendan (later Lord) Bracken, friend of Winston Churchill and a member of his war-time C...

Adjacent to Cratloe villlage. The Forest and Wildlife Service has developed over 400 forest areas in Ireland and made them accessible to visitors. Many of these contain nature trails, signposted walks, viewing points, picnic sites and car parking facilities. All public roads were re-numbered in 1980 and to facilitate those using road maps both the old and new numbers are included. For all forest areas, the name by which the forest is known locally is used together with the name found on th...

An area of approximately 400 hectares, Dromore Wood was established as a nature reserve because of the diversity and richness of its flora and fauna. This richness comes from the fact that it has many different habitat types. These include a river, lakes, turloughs, callows (flooded meadows), limestone pavement, fen peat, reed beds and species rich woodland. The reserve has historical and archaeological aspects. The 17th century O'Brien Castle is still standing by the lake edge. There is also th...

Adjacent to Flagmount village on shores of Lough Graney. The Forest and Wildlife Service has developed over 400 forest areas in Ireland and made them accessible to visitors. Many of these contain nature trails, signposted walks, viewing points, picnic sites and car parking facilities. All public roads were re-numbered in 1980 and to facilitate those using road maps both the old and new numbers are included. For all forest areas, the name by which the forest is known locally is used togethe...