BROWSE
townland
Cluain Dubh
genitive: Chluain Dubh
(Irish)
Clonduff
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture
dubh, dú-, duí-
English black

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    black pasture?

    Mionainmneacha ar an léarscáil:

    1. Tá an baile fearainn seo suite ar bhruach thuaidh an locha darb ainm 1583 ‘Loughduy’, 1607 ‘Loughduffe’, 1607 ‘the Iland of Loghduffe’, 1607/8 ‘Insulam de Loughduffe … oilean locha duibh’, 1841 Lough Duff SO < Loch Dubh (?) “black lake” (tá an t-oileán le feiscint ar SO 6″). D’fhéadfaí an t-ainm pearsanta Dubh a chur san áireamh freisin sa dá logainm, i.e., Cluain Duibh “the pasture of Dubh” agus Loch Duibh “the lake of Dubh” (cf. par Eanach Duibh (#1473) i Liatroim).
    2. Díol spéise litriú 1838 ‘Crucanure’ san Ainmleabhar ar an mionainm Knockanure SO < Cnoc an Iúir “the hill of the yew-tree” i lár an bhaile fearainn. Tá samplaí eile againn de cn- > /kr/ i ndeisceart an chontae freisin (m.sh. 1905 ‘Cruckawna-yoozh’ < Cnocán an Iúir “the hillock of the yew-tree” in bf Cill na Saor (#28057) i gClár Maí Locha in Osraí).

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:
    Ní léir suíomh beacht don logainm stairiúil 1607 ‘Cappanskibboll’ < Ceapach an Sciobóil “the tillage-plot of the barn”, LS Uí Dhuinn 23.

Centrepoint

53.1805, -7.43528latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1660c
Clonnuffe, Reyriebegg, Ballygilkeene &
BSD (La) Leathanach: 127
1812
Clonduff
Leet Imleabhar: I, Leathanach: 163
1819
Clonduff
Par. Stat. Imleabhar: III, Leathanach: 313
1823
Clunduff
TAB
1838
Clonduffe
["no date"]
Map:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1838
Clonduff
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1838
Cluain dubh, 'black lawn, or meadow'
OD:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1838
Clonduff
OD:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1838
[Clonduff]
"It contains a sub-denomination called 'Crucanure'…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1838
Clonduff
BS:AL Leathanach: La054,10
1997
ˌklönˈdof
Áit. Uimhir : C890a
2005
klənˈdof
Áit.

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