Tuamgraney

Tuamgraney (/tʃuːmˈɡreɪniː/; archaically spelled Tomgraney, Tomgrenei; Irish: Tuaim Gréine, meaning 'Tomb of Grian') is a village in eastern County Clare in the west of Ireland and a civil parish by the same name.

[2] The village of Tuamgraney lies in such close proximity to the town of Scarriff that today the two are often considered to be one single settlement.

It is part of the ancient territory of Ui Dhanghaile, which incorporated neighbouring Scariff (Maynoe), Tuamgraney, Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) and Clonrush.

She ‘of the bright cheeks’ was a princess in pre-Christian Ireland, the daughter of a king who lived in the Sliabh Aughty mountains of East Clare.

[4] In 1633 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, bought ten quarters of land north of the Graney River, including the castle and ironworks of Scarriff.

The novelist Edna O'Brien was born in Tuamgraney in 1930 and local villagers along with prominent members of the society at the time would encourage the burning of her novels.