Cloughjordan (Cloch Shiurdáin in Irish, meaning "Jordan's Stone"), in North County Tipperary, Ireland's situated in the north-west part of North Tipperary close to the Offaly border. It's almost equidistant from Nenagh, Roscrea and Birr and's close to Ireland's largest river, the Shannon, and Lough Derg. The alternate spelling 'Cloghjordan''s recognised. Poet and patriot Thomas McDonagh, a native of Cloughjordan, described it as a place “in calm of middle country”. Unusually fo… (More on Cloughjordan)