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  • Off Ireland's coast, 365 islands floated in Clew Bay, so close I could almost pluck them right out of the Atlantic, like rubber ducks from a bathtub.

    Patty Hodapp: 2,507 Feet Above Ireland: A St. Paddy's Climb up Croagh Patrick Patty Hodapp 2011

  • Westport—a bustling port town, narrow winding streets and hobbit-sized houses, a river of glorious blue water flowing straight through its center and I felt relieved to be there, so close to where Una's family were vacationing in a small village called Bunowen, out on the Southern part of Clew Bay, the enormous natural harbor that spread north and south.

    hitchhiking James Claffey 2011

  • "It's good for scientists who don't want to sink time into fruitless searches," said David Carpe, founder of Clew , a research and consulting firm in Boston.

    Turning Search Into a Science 2004

  • Clew up the courses,” Mitchell called as the first drops fell.

    A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003

  • “I thought. . . hard”—William Clew, “43 Paintings to Be Shown,” Worcester Evening Gazette, October 3, 1960.

    Portrait of An Artist Laurie Lisle 1986

  • "Clew up the courses," was the next command; followed by an order to brace round the yards.

    Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek

  • There was a convenient dwelling-house on the part of the farm looking over Clew Bay towards Clare Island, and all was apparently smooth and pleasant.

    Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

  • "Clew up" is the next order, and then "All hands furl fore and main upper topsails," and up we go out on to the yard.

    The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922

  • The jurisdiction of Aghagower extended over the "Owles", the territory around Clew Bay, comprising the modern deanery of Westport.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • If she took the daffodil -- and she would have unique opportunity to try during the next two days -- Rawson-Clew would regard her as little better than a common thief; that is, if he happened to know about it.

    The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

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