BROWSE
townland
Currach Chluana
genitive: Currach Chluana
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Corracloona
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture
English marsh

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.3359, -7.99584latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌkorəˈkluːnə
Áit.
ˌkɑrəˈkloːnə
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
" Corr-a’-chluana = Hill of the good pasturage. "
Nóta
"Joyce: “round hill of the cloon or meadow. Vowel sound put between Cor and Cluain” (III, 263). "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Megalithic tomb. ‘Giant’s Grave.’ On a gentle NE-facing slope (5). Linear earthwork. ‘Worm Ditch or Black Pig’s Race.’ In undulating landscape (36). Linear earthwork. In an undulating landscape of bog and scrub situated c. 1km S of the S end of Lough Melvin (37). "
Nóta
"Foghraíocht áitiúil: "
Nóta
1659
Carrick Elunagh
Cen. Leathanach: 568
1659
?Corrulones
Cen. Leathanach: 568
1661
Carriglonagh
Inq. Leathanach: 184
1817
Curraghcloonagh
Larkin
1835
Curracloon
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 29, 30 (60:16/5)
1836
Curracloonagh
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Curracloonagh
BS:AL
1836
Curnacloonagh
James:AL
1836
Curraclonnagh
Tottenham, Esq.:AL
1836
Curraghcloonagh
CM:AL
1836
Curach Unagh,
'Unity's marshy, watery ground'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
[Corracloona]
"…there is a considerable portion of wood …"
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Cor a chlúna
pl:AL
1836
Cor a chlúna
'round hill of the lawn or meadow'
OD:AL
1836
Corracloona
OD:AL
2005
Corr Chluana
PÓC

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