Cluain Faoláin/Clonwhelan

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townland

Cluain Faoláin

genitive: Chluain Faoláin

(Irish)

Clonwhelan

(English)

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Glossary

cluain, cluaine

English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

An Longfort/Longford

barony

Ardach/Ardagh

civil parish

Meathas Troim/Mostrim

Centrepoint

53.6813, -7.54248latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1612	Clonfylan	Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1 Ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) - Inquisitionum in officio rotulorum cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum repertorium I Bliain: 1595 -1698, Bliain: 1550C-1690
1620	Clonemcknee and Clonewhelan	CPR Leathanach: 468a Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1629	Clonemcnee	Cotton Map Cotton Map
1663	Clonmaring [?]	Nugent Papers Leathanach: 151 ‘Nugent Papers’, John F. Ainsworth and Edward MacLysaght, 'Survey of documents in private keeping' in Analecta Hib., no, 20 (1958).
1663	Clonfoyran [?]	Nugent Papers Leathanach: 151 ‘Nugent Papers’, John F. Ainsworth and Edward MacLysaght, 'Survey of documents in private keeping' in Analecta Hib., no, 20 (1958).
1813	Clonwhelan	Edgeworth A map of the county of Longford, William Edgeworth (1813); 4 leathanach (W. Faden, Londain a d’fhoilsigh, 1814)
1836	Clonwhealan	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Clan Ghealan, “Gellan’s Children” [iomlán scriosta]	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Clonfylan	Inq. J I:AL Ionchoisní Shéamais I, foinse in AL / Inquisitions James I, source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Cluain Fialain, “pratum Fialani, Phelan’s or Whelan’s lawn or meadow”	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Whelan is the general spelling	Nóta:AL Nóta in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	...composed of great tracts of bog...it is well cultivated near the centre...contains 4 danish forts	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1908	Cloonwheelan; Cluain Faoileann, “meadow of the seagulls”	MacGivney Leathanach: 76 Place names of the County Longford. Correctly spelled in Irish and fully explained in English, with notes and illustrations by Rev. Joseph MacGivney
2008	klɑnˈhwiːlən	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-

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