Newtown Cashel

Gardaí in Longford have come in for praise this week following the successful return of a sentimental church fixture in Newtowncashel at the weekend. Officers successfully retrieved what has been described as a classically designed candleabra from ...

The funeral of the 69-year-old man was severely disrupted by flooding in Lough Rea, near Newtowncashel, in Co Longford. But thanks to remarkable efforts made by the local community, the remains of John Clarke, who died on Christmas Day, were laid to ...

The community came together to ensure that the remains of Johnny Clarke were transported safely from the church at Newtowncashel in Co. Longford to the graveyard at Saint's Island on Loughrea. According to JOE.ie, Mr. Clarke passed away on Christmas ...

In Co Longford the community of Newtowncashel is being praised for helping to allow a funeral go ahead today – despite serious flooding. John Clarke died in Christmas morning and today he was brought by tractor and trailer to Saints' Island cemetery.

In Co Longford the community of Newtowncashel is being praised for helping to allow a funeral go ahead today - despite serious flooding. John Clarke died in Christmas morning and today he was brought by tractor and trailer to Saints' Island cemetery.

Mourners were forced to bring a coffin to an island graveyard on the back of a tractor as four foot-high floods covered the only road. Farmers and neighbours rallied to get Johnny Clarke's remains from the church at Newtowncashel in Co Longford, for ...