BROWSE
townland
Cluain Tairbh
genitive: Chluain Tairbh
(Irish)
Clonterry
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    pasture of (the) bull

    1563 ‘Gonterry’ atá sa bhundeontas (F 498) agus 1571 ‘Clonteren’ in F 1715 ‘Livery to Hugh m‘Callowaghe’ < Aodh mac an Chalbhaigh [Mac Dónaill]. Truailliú iad seo araon ar *Clonterry, mar is léir ó na tagairtí 1619 ‘Genterry al’ Clonterse’ [leg. ‘Clonterfe’] agus 1621 ‘Gentery alias Cloneterfe alias Clonterry’.

    Díol spéise na foirmeacha nua úd de chuid an 17ú haois .i. 1621 ‘alias Cloneterfe’, 1619 ‘al’ Clonter[f]e’, mar is cosúil gur iarrachtaí iad ar an dara mír a shoiléiriú mar tairbh “of (the) bull”. Ní hamhlaidh go dtaispeánann siad malairt fuaimnithe mar níl a leithéid de litriú in -terfe le fáil ina ndiaidh. Bheifí ag súil le cailliúint -bh caol deiridh i ndiaidh r-leachtaigh sa chanúint (tairbh * /tˠɛrəβʹ/ > /tˠɛrɪ/) agus go deimhin sin é atá le tuiscint as na foirmeacha eile ar fad (1549 ‘-tare’, 1563 ‘-terrey’, srl.). Féach go bhfuil soiléiriú an-iontaofa le fáil in Inq. Lag. 15 Jac. I (1619) ar ainmneacha eile i ndeontas seo Mhic Dhónaill.

    Gan an dá alias úd a chur san áireamh (1619, 1621) d’fhéadfaí a áiteamh gur Cluain tSearraigh “pasture of (the) foal” atá ann.

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:

    1. Díreach taobh theas de Choill Chluain Tairbh i dtuaisceart an bhaile fearainn atá 1838 ‘Clonmilan’, 1841 Clonmoyland SO < Cluain Maoláin (?) “pasture of (the) hornless cow”. Tá bríonna éagsúla le maolán ach d’fhéadfadh sé go seasann sé i gcodarsnacht le tarbh in ainm an bhaile fearainn. Cf. freisin bf Coill Mhaoláin (#28730) “the wood of Maolán (ainm pearsanta)” i gClann Donncha.

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53.1282, -7.2822latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1549
Clontare
Carrigan MS
1563
Gonterrey
F Leathanach: 496
1571
Clonteren
F Leathanach: 1715
1619
Genterry al' Clonterse
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 15 J I
1621
Gentery alias Cloneterfe alias Clonterry
CPR Leathanach: 514
1637
Genterry al' Clonterse al' Clonterry
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 23 C I
1655
Clonterry
DS
1659
Clonterry
Cen. Leathanach: 503
1660c
Clonterry
BSD (La) Leathanach: 113
1666
Clanterry
ASE Leathanach: 51
1685
Clonterry
Hib. Del.
1825
Clonterry
TAB
1838
Clonterry
BS:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
H.C. Bog Rep. 1810:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
HCSV:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
CM:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
HCons PR:AL  Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Genterry alias Clonterse alias Clonterry
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
DS:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Cluain a tsearraigh, 'plain, or lawn of the foal'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
OC:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
[Clonterry]
"…a sub-denomination called 'Clonmilan'."
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: LA007,7
1838
Clonterry
CGn. Imleabhar: 4, Leathanach: 292, Uimhir: 107
2005
klonˈteriˑ
Áit.
2005
klənˈteriˑ
Áit.

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