BROWSE
townland
Cluain Fiacla
genitive: Chluain Fiacla
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Cloonfeacle
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • English

    pasture of (the) tooth, tooth-like crag

Centrepoint

53.9251, -8.06053latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Cloonfeacle
ˌkluːnˈfiːkəl
Áit.
Nóta
Cuardaíodh na foinsíseo ach níor aimsíodh rud ar bith: DS; Hib.Del.; Census; Inq.; ASE; Fi.Eliz.; Arch. Inventory
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Cluain-Fiacaile = Meadow of the tooth. Possibly from an accident to the the tooth of some remarkable person. Compare Achadh-Fiacla (Hogan, Onomasticon)/ "
Nóta
1611
Clonfiakle
CPR Leathanach: 189b
1611
Clonfiakle
CPR Leathanach: 435a
1660c
Cloonefiakell
BSD Leathanach: 54
1835
Clonfekel
TAB (60:16/10) innéacs Leathanach: 25, Nóta: TAB (60:16/10) innéacs
1836
Cloonfeacle
BS:AL
1836
Cluan-fiacladh,
'a plain, or valley between two woods'
Mc Donough, I.:AL
1836
Clonfekel
Rowley Map:AL
1836
Clonfeicull
Map 1748 (George):AL
1836
Cloonfeckle
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Clonfeckle
CM:AL
1836
Clonfeckle
HCER 1826:AL
1836
Cluain fiacail
pl:AL
1836
Cluain fiacail,
'lawn of the tooth'
OD:AL
1836
Cloonfeacle
"See Annagh index, Kilfeacle." [Nóta OD]
OD:AL
1836
[Cloonfeacle]
"It contains…a small fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL

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