BROWSE
townland
Cluain Catha
genitive: Chluain Catha
(Irish)
Clonca
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Centrepoint

53.7031, -7.52098latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1612
Cloncallie
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1612
Clonekaghe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Cloncahy (Tho. Nugent)
CPR Leathanach: 499b
1629
Cloncah
Cotton Map
1636
Freeghmeene & Clonka (Tho’ Nugent)
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 18 Car.1
1655
Clonkagha
DS
c.1660
Clontagha [?]
BSD Leathanach: 154
1684
Cloncagh alias Cloncagha (Thomas Nugent)
CG Leathanach: 14
1685
Clonhaga
Hib. Del.
1759
[the great road] at the Gap on the lands of Cloncagh
Grand Jury of Longford Leathanach: 59
1813
Cloncaugh
Edgeworth
1836
Clooncaugh
AL
1836
Cloncaugh
AL
1836
Cluain Cach, “Deceitful People” [iomlán scriosta]
AL
1836
Clonekaghe
AL
1836
Clonka
AL
1836
Cloncagha
AL
1836
Clonkagha
AL
1836
Cluain Catha, “battle-plain”
AL
1836
Cloncagh
AL
1836
Name occurs in the Annals. See it in Derry Index
AL
1836
Last syllable accented – see indexes
AL
1908
Clooncaha; Cluain Catha, “meadow of battle”
MacGivney Leathanach: 70
2007
klɑnˈka
Áit.

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