BROWSE
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Cluain Lua
genitive: Chluain Lua
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Cloonloogh
(English)

Other names

Cloonloo
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Centrepoint

53.9666, -8.39621latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

Cloonloogh
Cloonloogh in Sligo; Cluain-leamhach, meadow of marsh mallows. For this and for the difficulty of distinguishing leamh, marsh mallows, and leamh, elm, see vol.ii.p. 345.
Joyce Leathanach: 231, Imleabhar: III
1836
Clún leamhach
dúch:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
[Cloonlough]
"There is a R.C. Chapel...The R.C. Chapel was built about the year 1812 it" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Cloonloough
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Cloonloogh
CM:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Clonloough
Map of Estate 1823:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Cloonlough
Kingston Map 1775:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Cloonloough
Garrett, Rev.:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Cloon-(an angle or corner)-loough(ferns or rushes)
Inhabs.:AL Leathanach (AL): Sl025,12
1836
Cloonloogh
"good" [dúch dearg];
OD:AL Leathanach (AL): Sl025,12
1836
Clún Lúach
"[the] [word] is just only 'softer' in Irish??" [pl];
pl:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12
1836
Clún Lúach, 'lawn of the marsh mallows'
"Cloonloogh in engl." [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Sl025,12

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