BROWSE
townland
Cluain Caoin
genitive: Chluain Caoin
(Irish)
Clonkeen
(English)

Glossary

English pleasant, fair
cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    pleasant pasture

    Tá mionchur síos ar sheanteampall Chluain Caoin san Fhardal Seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie). Ba é Fiontan, mórnaomh an cheantair seo Laoise, an t-éarlamh.

    Maidir leis an bhfoirm 1805 ‘Clonking’ ar léarscáil Cahill, féach go bhfuil samplaí eile de /nʹ/ na Gaeilge > /ŋʹ/ le fáil i gCo. Laoise: e.g. bf Gleann Doimhin > 1838 ‘Glen doy-ing’ (#28279). I nóta aige ar iontráil 1552 anseo deir Ó Corragáin ‘[now] Clonkeen, Clonking, or Cloonking … In Irish the townland and church are called Clooinkeen (Cluain caoin)’ (History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory II 389). Ní léir an foirm Ghaeilge ón gcaint í ‘Clooinkeen’.

    Féach an bf Cluain Caoin eile (#27848) a thug ainm do par Cluain Eidhneach agus Cluain Caoin, i mbarúntacht Phort Laoise Thiar.

    Is minic láthair eaglasta suite mar a bhfuil cluain-ainm. Féach Ó Cearbhaill, Logainmneacha na hÉireann III.

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52.88, -7.33787latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1491
Clonkyn
CPL Imleabhar: XV, Leathanach: 691
1549
Clonekene
Carrigan MS
1549
Dromaclowe
Carrigan MS
1552
Clonkyne, Dromaclowe in
F Leathanach: 944
1552
Dromaclowe in Clonkyne
F Leathanach: 944
1563
Cloekine
Cotton Map
1563
Clonkeyn
F Leathanach: 497
1604
Clonkeyne, Ralise, Ramoyle & Cloghoge, Leix
CPR Leathanach: 53
1631
Clonekeyne
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 11 C I
1632
Clonkeene
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 15 C I
1655
Clonkeene
'in 'Cloneheene Parish Ds; féach faoi p Clonagheen SO
DS
1659
Clonkin or Clonrin
Cen. Leathanach: 499
1660c
Clonekeene
BSD (La) Leathanach: 99
1660c
Clonkin Parish, Part of
BSD (La) Leathanach: 128
1685
Clonekeene
Hib. Del.
1805
Clonking
Cahill (La)
1838
Clonekene
Archdall:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeene
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
Bell, W.:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
BS:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
Butler, J.:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonking
Cahill Co. Map:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonekeene
DS:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
Edge, J.:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
HCSV:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonekeyne
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonheyn
Inq. Eliz. I:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkine
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
"A church yard here." [pl]
OD:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen
Swan, E. L.:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838y
Cluain caomh, 'beautiful lawn, or meadow'
OD:AL Leathanach: La001,17
1838
Clonkeen in Abbey Leix Parish ... the ruins existing in it probbaly belong to the church which gave the name Clonkeen to the parish before it obtained the name of Abbey Leix.' OC
LSO (La)
2005
klonˈkiːn
Áit.
2006
klɑnˈkiːn
Áit.

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