Clontuskert : Clontuskert is a small parish near Ballinasloe in Co. Galway, Ireland. Clontuskert is a very special place. On its own Clontuskert has 204 ringforts. Ringforts were built in early Christian times. They were big mounds of clay with little huts on them.
The Grand Canal : The Grand Canal comes through Clontuskert. It opened in 1828. It took eleven years to complete. People transported Guinness on barges from Dublin to Ballinasloe harbour. The Canal ran along in beside the Suckriver in Lismany.
Clontuskert National School : The first school in Clontuskert was built in 1837. It lasted one hundred and twenty one years until it was time to build a new school. The new school was opened in 1958. Today there are forty students in the school.
Clontuskert is a very special place.
By Red Baron.
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