BROWSE
townland
Cluain Canann Uachtarach
genitive: Chluain Canann Uachtarach
(Irish)
Cloncanon Upper
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the pasture of Cana
    Cana (gin. Canann) — ainm pearsanta

    Cf. bf Coillte Canann (#42083) i gContae Uíbh Fhailí, 9km ó thuaidh.

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:
    Is ar an taobh seo d’Abhainn Easa a bhí 1549 ‘Dirrenefforress’ Carrigan MS (‘Bounds of Leix’) ar cosúil gur leagan truaillithe de is ea 1563c ‘The dente erfarduff’ (??), marcáilte i ndúch dearg ar Cotton Map < Doire na Foraoise “the (oak-)wood of the forest”.

Centrepoint

53.1019, -7.3709latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Cloncannon Upper
BS:AL Leathanach: La056,12
1838
Cloncannon
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La056,12
1838
Clonekanon
DS Map:AL Leathanach: La056,12
1838
Cluain ceannann, 'speckled or spotted lawn, or meadow'
OD:AL Leathanach: La056,12
1838
Cloncannon etc.
OD:AL Leathanach: La056,12
2005
klonˈkanin
Áit.
2005
klənˈkanən
Áit.

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