BROWSE
townland
Cluainte Móra
genitive: Chluainte Móra
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Cloontamore
(English)

Glossary

English great, big

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    small pastures
    Cluainte Beaga, ~Móra < Cluain Beag, Cluain Mór.
    Féach ainm an bhaile fearainn teorannaigh Cluainte Beaga, par. Ráth Claon.
    Cluain Beag agus Cluain Mór bunfhoirmeacha an dá ainm seo. Tugadh Cluainte ar an dá bhaile fearainn le chéile, de réir dealraimh

  • English

    small pastures
    Cluainte Beaga, ~Móra < Cluain Beag, Cluain Mór.
    See also the name of the adjacent townland Cluainte Beaga, par. Ráth Claon.
    Cluain Beag, 'small pasture', and Cluain Mór, 'big pasture, were the original names of these two townlands. Together they were called Cluainte, 'pastures'

Centrepoint

53.6425, -7.88866latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1660
Clonmore & Moyntagh wood?
Féach Cloontabeg, bar. Rathcline taobh leis
BSD Leathanach: 138
1813
Cloontha
Edgeworth
1837c.
Cloonthamore
BS:AL Imleabhar: C99, Leathanach: 65
1837c.
Cloontha
Edgeworth Map:AL
1837c.
Cluain Mór, 'The Great Deceit'
Quinn, E.:AL
1837c.
Clŭntú ' and 'Cluntamór'
pl:AL
2008
klontʃəˈmoːr
Áit.

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