From out the Cloonchas

exp.

Heard in Roscommon

Originating from the townlands of Cloonbonnive and Gortaganny in west Roscommon, whose names begin with "Cloon" (from the Irish for meadows).

In use

They'd be from out the Cloonchas.

Posh English

They hail from those distant meadows of the west.

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