BROWSE
townland
Cluain Ard
genitive: Chluain Ard
(Irish)
Bellview
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    high pasture
    Teorainneach le Cluain Íseal “low pasture” .i. seanainm ar an gcuid thiar theas de bf Springfield or Spittlefield de réir gach dealraimh.

  • English

    high pasture
    Adjacent to Cluain Íseal “low pasture”, which appears to have been the former name for the southwestern portion of the townland of bf Springfield or Spittlefield.

Centrepoint

53.5279, -7.32707latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1611
Cloonard
Inq. Lag. Jac. I 6 (24½ acra)
1625
Clonard & Clonishell
Inq. Lag. Jac. I 64
1655c
Clonard
DS
1660c
Clonard & Clonissill
36 acra, Newgent
BSD (IM) 34
1671
Clonard & Clonishell
36 acra, Westrow
ASE
1967
Clonard House
Nuachtán Westmeath Examiner 28/10/1967 (AÓF)

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