BROWSE
townland
Cluain Buí
genitive: Chluain Buí
(Irish)
Cloonboy
(English)

Glossary

English yellow
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Centrepoint

53.7557, -9.05002latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1617
Cloonboy
Inq.(ME) Leathanach: II.247
1635
Clooneboy, the qr of
Straff. Inq. ME Leathanach: 129
1661
Clanboy 1 qr.
BSD (ME) Leathanach: 61
1672c
Cloneboy
Hib. Del.
1683
Ballinestamford 2 qrs viz. Carrowmore 1 qr. and Clonboy 1 qr.
ASE Leathanach: 275a
1710c
Clanboy qr.
CRL Leathanach: 2A.3.16, 139a
1721c
Cloonboy
O’Moore Maps Leathanach: 9
1723
Clonboy
CGn. Imleabhar: 38.423.24856
1742
Conboy [sic]
CGn. Imleabhar: 108.128.75339
1750c
Cluneboy 1 qr.
L. Blosse Papers Leathanach: 210 §103
1787
Clonboy qr.
QRL Leathanach: 2A.6.70, 516
1811
Cloonboy
L. Blosse Maps
1834
Clonboy
TAB Leathanach: 61
1838
Cloonboy
BS:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Cloonboy
Letter Info:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Clanboy
Gibbons, D.:AL Leathanach (AL): ME069,13
1838
Clooneboie
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Clonaghboy
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Cluáin buidhe, 'yellow meadow or lawn'
OD:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Clooneboy
Strafford:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Clun buidhe
pl:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
Cloonboy
OC:AL Leathanach: ME069,13
1838
[Cloonboy]
"…an ancient fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: ME069,13

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