{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Cloondara |native_name = {{lang|ga|Cluain Dá Ráth}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = IMG Cloondara1704.jpg |image_caption = Cloondara Harbour on the Royal Canal |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Leinster |subdivision_type3 = County |subdivision_name3 = County Longford |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|53.73322|-7.908343|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|N 061 760}} |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Cloondara''' ({{Irish place name|Cluain Dá Ráth|pasture of two ringforts}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/33164.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cluain Dá Ráth / Cloondara | accessdate = 1 February 2020 }}</ref> is a small village in County Longford, Ireland. It is situated just off the N5 road near Termonbarry, where the Royal Canal terminates at the River Shannon.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.discoverireland.ie/longford/royal-canal-greenway-cloondara | website = discoverireland.ie | title = Royal Canal Greenway - Cloondara | accessdate = 12 December 2024 }}</ref> It lies {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Longford Town. The Royal Canal is being upgraded so that canal boats can once again travel along it. The village of Termonbarry lies to the west of the village, on the opposite bank of the River Shannon.
The Royal Canal reached Cloondara in 1817, the project having been started in 1790.{{sfn|Clarke|1993|page=49}} The addition of a canal spur to reach Longford town came after this date, finishing in 1831.{{sfn|Clarke|1993|page=49}}
==See also== * List of towns and villages in Ireland
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{refbegin}} * {{cite journal |last = Clarke| first = Peter|title =The Royal Canal 1789-1993 | journal = Dublin Historical Record| volume = 46| issue = 1| pages = 46-52| publisher = Old Dublin Society| location = Dublin| date = 1993-02-17| jstor = 30101021| url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30101021}} {{refend}}
Category:Towns and villages in County Longford
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