BROWSE
townland
Cluain na Lua
genitive: Chluain na Lua
(Irish)
Cloonaloo
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the pasture of the —

    Ní léir brí an cháilitheora anseo. B’fhéidir gurb é ginideach an tseanfhocail lua ‘uisce’ atá ann (féach www.dil.ie s.v. 2 ). Ritheann sruthán trí lár an bhaile fearainn ar géag é den Fhuiseog. Cf. abh An Lua (#116416), abh An Lua Ghearr (#116418) i gCiarraí. Tá samplaí den fhocal i logainmneacha pléite ag T.F. O’Rahilly, Hermathena XXIII. Cf. nóta faoi bf An Goirtín (#28820).

Centrepoint

52.8502, -7.01423latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1838
Cloonaloo
Rockfort, H.:AL Leathanach: La035,4
1838
Cluain a' luaighe, 'lawn of the lead'
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,4
1838
Cloonaloo
"or Hundred acres" [scriosta]
OD:AL Leathanach: La035,4
1838
Cloonaloo
BS:AL Leathanach: La035,4
2006
kluːnəluː
Áit.
2006
klonəˈluː
Áit.

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