Scariff
(Scairbh - a ford or shallow)
An enjoyable market town situated high above Lough Derg.
Graney, who gave her name to the lake and river, is buried here.
The area around Lough Graney and the Graney River provides excellent
coarse and game angling as well
as pleasure boats and cruisers.
There is a music festival in the summer.
Tuamgraney
(Tuaim Greine - the tomb of Graney)
The village, some 3 km from Scarifff, is graced by a small memorial park dedicated
to the struggle for independence, 1916-1922.
The Protestant parish church includes an early rebuilding of an even earlier
(6th century) monastery, founded by St. Cronan of Holy Island.
Raheen estate boasts woods contain indigenous oak trees of great antiquity.
Feakle
(Fiacal - a tooth or sharp crag)
Set in the southern foothills of the Slieve Aughty mountains and surrounded by
rolling country, sprinkled with small lakes, some of which give good fishing.
Feakle is doubly famous as the home of Biddy Early, the wise woman or witch
(whose cottage has been restored) and as the spot where the poet and hedge
school-master, Brian Merriman wrote an epic poem in Irish entitled, Cuirt an
Mhean Oíche, (The Midnight Court).
The Merriman Society has erected a monument to his memory in the local graveyard
where he is buried.
 Merriman wrote the poem whist sitting besides idyllic Lough Graney, 3 km from
the village, is an excellent spot for angling. In fact, the widespread lake area
between Feakle and Corofin has been renowned for its angling and is known as the
Clare Lakelands.
The area, joining Loughs Atorick and Graney is a nature reserve, which boasts
majestic oakwoods - a wonderful place for a forest walk.
Feakle International Music Festival in August offers a wide variety of workshops,
festival sessions and open air concerts.
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