BROWSE
rock or rocks
Cloch an Turais
genitive: Chloch an Turais
(Irish)
Cloghaturrish
(English)

Glossary

cloch, cloich
English stone, stone building

Centrepoint

52.3004, -10.02latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1841
Cloch a Thurish (The Stone of rounds)
Inhabs.:AL Leathanach: Ci096,15
1841
cloch an turais, ‘stone of the pilgrimage’
OD:AL Leathanach: Ci096,15
1841
Cloghaturrish
OD:AL Leathanach: Ci096,15
1841
[Cloghaturrish]
"... northwest point of Kilshannig townland ... about 10 or 15 chains northwest from Kilshannig Church." [Situation]; "A large stone ... at which rounds were given formerly by some of the inhabitants, yet such is not known to have been performed at it in the present century. Nevertheless it retains the name throughout the parish." [Descr. Rem.]
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ci096,15
1939
Cloch a' Turais
sa tráigh i n-aice na reilge
TCCD Leathanach: 267
1967
ˌkloxəˈtriʃ
Áit. Cainteoir: T192a ML

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