What is recorded here

Weir is a post-medieval V-shaped wooden fishtrap in the estuarine clays of County Clare, adjacent to Clonmoney South. Its long shore fence and shorter flood fence formed a narrow funnel where the Shannon tide pushed silver fish into a waiting hand. The wood has likely rotted, but the shape remains in the mud, a patient trap for water and memory.

On the N bank of the Shannon estuary adjacent to Clonmoney South townland. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 304) as a post-medieval ‘large V-shaped wooden fishtrap in estuarine clays at LWM (low water mark) W of Inishbonane or Tradree Point. Flood fence oriented E-W, 23m long; shore fence oriented NW-SE, 63m long. February 1997.' (O'Sullivan 2001, 195-7, 304, Inishbonane 1) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 August 2019

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