OUR AREA

Coolaney Village
This is a picturesque village situated at the northern end of end of the Ox Mountains.  It is a place of great natural scenery with mountains, rivers and lakes. Splendid opportunities and facilities abound in this area for climbing, forest walks, horse riding, bird watching and fishing.
    The village is very proud of its achievments in the Tidy  Town's Competition.  It has now won the title of the tidiest village in the county for four years in succession and viewing the village you could'nt but say that it richly deserved its awards
 
 

The Hungry Rock and Hawk's Rock

The Hungry Rock is situated in the Ox Mountains on the side of the road connecting Coolaney and Ballasodare. It is said to have got it's name from the number of people who died on the road during the famineof the 1840's. According to legend whoever throws a stone onto this rock will not know hunger on his journey. In famine times it was used as a bread table for sharing food to starving people
  A large rock on the top of the hill closeby is called Hawk's Rock. There was a horseshoe print in a stone in the centre of the road here, it is said that this footprint was made by St. Patrick's horse when he leaped from a nearby cliff onto the road. Alas modern tar and chip road dressing has erased the footprint.

Horse Leap (left) Hungry Rock (right)

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