BROWSE
townland
Cluain Comair
genitive: Chluain Comair
(Irish)
Clooncumber
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.8309, -7.84118latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌklonˈkumər , dəˈblakˌwɑːtər 'and' dəˈrin 'come together'
"NÓM: Cluain Comair"
Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Cluain-Cumair = Meadow of the river confluence. There the rivers Rinn and Blackwater meet. Cumar, comar, the confluence of Rivers – Cumar-na-dtrí-nUisce, Suir, Nore and Barrow."
Nóta
1622
?Cloncomer
CPR Leathanach: 552b
1659
?Clumcomy
Cen. Leathanach: 564
c1660
"?Cloonecomer (paróiste Mohill?) "
BSD (Li) Leathanach: 21
1666
?Cloncomer
ASE Leathanach: 136
1836
"Cluain comair, 'lawn of the confluence'"
OD:AL
1836
"Clune cummar, 'the gathered grass'"
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Cluain cumar, 'the plain of the valley'
dúch:AL
1836
Clooncummer
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Clooncumber
Norris, B.:AL
1836
Cloncumer
S&V:AL
1836
Clooncumber
CM:AL
1836
Clooncumber
HCons PR:AL 
1836
A g-clun comair
pl:AL
1836
Clooncumber
OD:AL

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