BROWSE
Cluain Chláir
genitive: Chluain Chláir
(Irish)
Cloonclare
(English)

Glossary

English plank bridge; plain
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Centrepoint

54.2911, -8.17484latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
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"Pinkman: Cluain-cláir = Meadow land of the plain. Cloonclare townladn lies about one mile south of Manorhamilton. The Railway Bridge, on the road to Killarga, is in this townland. The ruins of an old church are there and may easily be seen from the railway bridge. It is from this townland and the old church, that was there, that the parish takes it name. The Registry of Cloonmacnoise states that O’Ruairc gave part of the lands of Cloonclare (Cluain-Cláir) to Cloonmacnoise, in order that he and his heirs might have the right of burial there. If it is the townland of Cloonclare, and not the parish, that is mentioned, the townland must have been much larger than it is now. (See Kiltoghert townland). "
Nóta
1600idií
Cluain Chlair
Top. Frag. Leathanach: 65
1650c
Cluian-Clair
Reg. Clon. Leathanach: 451
1817
Cloonclare
Larkin
1835
Cloonclare
TAB Leathanach: innéacs, 17 (60:16/5)
1837
Clonclare
Top. Dict. Imleabhar: II, Leathanach: 131

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