BROWSE
townland
Cluain Rúsc Beag
genitive: Chluain Rúsc Beag
(Irish)
Clonroosk Little
(English)

Glossary

beag, big
English small
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    pasture of (the) bark(-like surfaces);
    pasture of (the) marshes

    Díol spéise na trí fo-ranna den bhaile fearainn seo a thugtar in BSD (1660c), mar atá foroinn Bhéarla ‘Midle Cloanruske als Crosbyes Cloanruske’ taobh le dhá fhoroinn Ghaeilge .i. ‘Cloaneruskoughtragh’ < Cluain Rúsc Uachtarach “upper Cluain Rúsc” agus ‘Cloaneruskiegh[tragh]’ < Cluain Rúsc Íochtarach “lower Cluain Rúsc”.

Centrepoint

53.0326, -7.32264latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1805
Clonruske
Cahill (La)
1838
Little Clonroosk
BS:AL Leathanach: LA015,72
1838
Clouroske, Clonroske
Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: LA015,72
2005
klənˈruːsk
Áit.
2005
klɑnˈruːsk
Áit.

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