BROWSE
townland
Cloch an Phúca
genitive: Chloch an Phúca
(Irish)
Clopook
(English)

Glossary

cloch, cloich
English stone, stone building

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the castle of the púca

    Níl sé fuirist púca (an neach osnádúrtha) a aithint ó Fúca (ainm pearsanta Gallda < Fulk/Fulco) ná fós ó An Púcach (sloinne < Pook, Fook srl.). Is í an fhoirm luath 1518–19 ‘Cloyth an puka’ (Kildare Rental 287) a thug orainn glacadh leis gurb é an t-ainmfhocal púca atá sa cháilitheoir anseo. Tá rian láidir Gaeilge le sonrú ar na logainmneacha sa pharóiste seo san fhoinse céanna, m.sh. ‘Bally an Tyskiyn’, ‘Baly an Prior’, ‘Ynche na leakaghe’, ‘Bealatha Cuyllean’ agus mar sin de (loc. cit.). Cf. Ó Cearbhaill, ‘An Púca i Logainmneacha’ in Ainm II 102.

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:

    1. Anseo atá fothracha sheanteampall an pharóiste seo Church (in ruins) SO, a phléitear faoi #1465, agus Dun of Clopook SO < Dún Chloch an Phúca “the fort of Cloch an Phúca” (cf. www.archaeology.ie).
    2. Gabhann cosán thar bráid an dúin lastuaidh soir isteach in bf Tulaig Ó mBuí, cosán ar a dtugtar 1654 ‘a pathway which leades throug [sic] Glanmakilloge’. Seo ainm an ghleanntáin taobh thuaidh den dún, ní foláir, ach tá an t-ainm doiléir (ní heol dúinn aon bhaint a bheith ag Mocheallóg leis an áit seo; truailliú ar ‘-naselloge’ < na saileog “of the willows”, b’fhéidir).

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52.9638, -7.13962latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1518-19
Cloyth an puka
Kildare Rent. Iontráil: 287
1549
Powkiscastell & Tonatieluan
Carrigan MS Imleabhar: 46, Leathanach: 66
1551
Powkiscastell
F Leathanach: 741
1558
Closokie
Lease by Gerald 11th Earl of Kildare
JKAS Imleabhar: VI, Leathanach: 80
1563c
Cloghpook
Cotton Map
1569
Cloghpowke
Francis Cosbie, gent
F Leathanach: 1376
1570
Cloghpowke
F Leathanach: 1624
1593
Cloghpowle
Edw. Fitz Henry
F Leathanach: 5824
1593
Cloughepowke
Edw. Fitz Henry
F Leathanach: 5824
1623
Cloghpooke & Balliquillane
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 24 J I
1623
Cloghpoole, Cloghpooke al'
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 24 J I
1624
Cloghpooke & Ballequillen
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 25 J I
1655
Cloghpook
DS
1659
Cloghpook
Cen. Leathanach: 504
1660c
Cloghpooke
BSD (La) Leathanach: 105
1680
Claplocke or Clapocke
?
ASE Leathanach: 269
1685
Cloghpook
Hib. Del.
1778
Cloopoke
T&S Leathanach: 160
1801
the Dun of Clopoke
Stat. Surv. (La) Leathanach: 174
1838
Clopook
BS:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Clapook
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Clapook
GJP:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Clopooke
Griffith Map:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Cloghpooke alias Cloghpoole
Ecc. Reg.:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Cloch a' phúca, 'stone of the hobgoblin'
OD:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
Clopook
OC:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
[Clopook]
"…there are old ponds, church ruins and grave yard…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La065,2
1838
The Dun of Clopoke (Dún Cloiche an Phúca)
LSO (La) Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 252
2006
kloˈpuːk
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