BROWSE
townland
Cluain Tiompair
genitive: Chluain Tiompair
(Irish)
Clontumpher
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

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53.7875, -7.71892latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1602
Cluyntymchayr (Loughleine M’Enleive)
F Leathanach: 6699
1612
Clonetomocher
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 3 Jac.1
1620
Clontumchir
CPR Leathanach: 499a
1622
Clontumchor
CPR Leathanach: 551b
1629
Clontomchor
Cotton Map
1655
Clontomphae
DS
1659
Clontumphir
Cen. Leathanach: 456
1660c
Clontomfar
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 175
1660c
Clontompher
BSD (Lo) Leathanach: 178
1667
Clontamper
ASE Leathanach: 145
1685
Clontomphe
Hib. Del.
1742
Clontemper
CGn. Imleabhar: 109.120.75218
1762
Clontumper otherwise Clontamper
CGn. Imleabhar: 220.306.144918
1813
Clontumpher
Edgeworth
1832
Clontumpher
BS:AL
1832
Clontumpher
Crawford, Sir, G.:AL
1832
Clontumpher
Edgeworth Map:AL
1832
Clontomfarr
DS Ref.:AL
1832
Clontomfar
DS Map:AL
1832
Cluain Tiomchair, “lawn of the carrige”
OD:AL
1832
See Indexes for precedent
OD:AL
1832
Cloonatumpher - Fermanagh
pl:AL
1908
Cloontumper, Cluain Tiomchair, “carriage lawn”
MacGivney Leathanach: 76
1981
Cluain Tiomchair, “Meadow of the Carriage”
Devaney Leathanach: 95
1982
Cluain Tiomchair, ‘the meadow of (the) carrying, burden,’ – “The word tiomchar (or tiompar) as a variant of iomchar/iompar does not seem to be otherwise attested, but it could have come into existence by analogy with such words as iompó/tiompó, iomáint/tiomáint, iontú/tiontú, etc.”
NÓM litir
2002
Cluain ?
Cártaí Móra
2007
klɑnˈtomfər
Áit.

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