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THE COMMON ASH IS IRELAND’S MOST
COMMON, TALLEST NATIVE TREE. IT IS A
DECIDUOUS TREE AND AFTER IT HAS
BEEN CUT DOWN, IT IS ABLE TO RESPROUT AND START GROWING AGAIN.
THE WOOD IS COMMONLY KNOWN FOR
MAKING HURLEYS, BECAUSE OF ITS
STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY
THE ASH TREE WAS SACRED TO OUR
ANCESTORS. THEY BELIEVED THE ASH
HELD POWERS OF PROTECTION
THIS ASH WOOD COMES FROM A SMALL
VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF GALWAY
CALLED CLAREGALWAY OR BAILE
CHLÁIR AS ITS KNOWN IN IRISH. ITS
NAME COMES FROM THE RIVER THAT
RUNS THROUGH IT CALLED THE RIVER
CLARE. BAILE CHLÁIR (TOWN ON THE
CLARE), ITS CASTLE WAS THE CHIEF
FORTRESS OF THE POWERFUL
CLANRICARD DE BURGO OR BURKE
FAMILY, THE CLAREGALWAY FRIARY
WAS FOUNDED FOR THE FRANCISCAN
ORDER IN THE DIOCESE OF
ANNAGHDOWN 1250 BY JOHN DE COGAN,
AN ANGLO-NORMAN KNIGHT.
