What is "cloonfad"

Cloonfad is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland, at the crossroads of the N83 National secondary road and the R327 regional road, about 10 km from the town of Ballyhaunis in Co. Mayo. A public walkway takes walkers to surrounding villages through scenic moorland. This habitat gave rise to the village's name in Irish - Cluain Fada or "Long Meadow". Cloonfad's local church, the Church of Saint Patrick, has been publishing an annual parish magazine since 1992 "The Cloonfad Magazine".

As in many other villages in Ireland, economic prosperity since the 1990s has altered the demographic profile of Cloonfad with a number of people from Eastern Europe taking up residence in the village.

The village has three pubs (public houses). Local services include an An Post office, convenience shop, beauty parlour and a hair salon. In the national school car park is a beautiful tree.