BROWSE
townland
Cluain Dorcha
genitive: Chluain Dorcha
(Irish)
Cloondorragha
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Centrepoint

54.0674, -8.61728latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Cloondorragha
Cloondorragha in Sligo; Cluain-dorcha, dark meadow, because covered or surrounded by dark trees. See Bodorragha.
Joyce Leathanach: 228, Imleabhar: III
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
n/a
Nóta
1665c
Cloondarragh
HMR Leathanach: 48
1828
Cloonderrah[ ]
TAB
1836
Cloonderagher
BS:AL Leathanach: Sl012,30
1836
Cloondoragha
Corly, Rev.:AL
1836
Cloondoragha
Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836
cl[.] Doirea[.]
ʻso called from the darkness of the wood with which it [....] coveredʼ
Glanta:AL
1836
Cloondorragha
OD:AL
1836
Clún doireacha, ʻdark lawn or meadow'
[e < os cionn "oi" i "doireacha"] ʻso called from the darkness of the wood with which it is coveredʼ
OD:AL
1836
Cloon.dor.acha
ʻPrond Cloon.dor.achaʼ
pron.:AL
2008
Cluain Dorcha
Ó Muraíle

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