BROWSE
townland
An Chloch
genitive: na Cloiche
(Irish)
Clogh
(English)

Glossary

cloch, cloich
English stone, stone building

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53.7973, -7.51613latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1557-8
Ballemanna
Nugent Papers Leathanach: 129
1558
Ballamane, alias Ballynemanaghe
Mon. Hib. Leathanach: 444
1558
Ballymanna
CPCR Leathanach: i, 372
1558
Ballymanna alias Ballymannaghe
CPCR Leathanach: i, 394
1561
Ballemanaghe
F Leathanach: 326
1569
Ballemanaghe
F Leathanach: 1401
1578
Ballemannaghe
F Leathanach: 3300
1590
Ballmanaghe
F Leathanach: 5516
1611
Ballimannagh
CPR Leathanach: 219a
1612
Cloghballinemanaghe
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1618
Ballymanagh alias Ballynemanagh, and the tithes of certain lands in the lordship or country called Mack Germons country, parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of Granard
CPR Leathanach: 401b
1629
Clogh
Dalystown, Carrickduff agus Clogh SO faoi seo; siombal eaglasta taobh leis;
Cotton Map
1639
Ballymanagh
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 21 Car.1
1659
Clogh
Cen.
1749
Clogh otherwise Clonsure
CGn. Leathanach: 135.297.91450
1751
Clogh otherwise Ballymanagh
CGn. Leathanach: 145.486.99523
1751
Clogh otherwise Ballymanagh
CGn. Leathanach: 147.224.99522
1813
Clough
Edgeworth
1836
Clough
BS:AL
1836
Clogirnagh
DS:AL
1836
Cloch, “a stone or stone building”
OD:AL
1836
Cloch
pl:AL
1836
contains...an old grave yard...
Desc. Rem.:AL
1836
Clough
Edgeworth Map (AL)
1836
In Clogh in the N.W. corner are the ruins of a monastery
p. Gránard, lch. deiridh;
AL
1908
Clough (or Ballynamanagh), Cloch, “a stone”, “Cloch is a contraction of Cloch-baile-na-manach, i.e. stony place of town of the monks. There was a small monastery here, a branch house of the monastery in Abbeylara
MacGivney Leathanach: 77
2007
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