BROWSE
townland
Cluain Fada
genitive: Chluain Fada
(Irish)
Clonfad
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture
English long

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    long pasture

    Is cosúil gurb ionann é seo agus an logainm stairiúil 1170c ‘Cluain fota il-Laichis’.

Centrepoint

52.9562, -7.51064latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1100c.
i Cluain Fota i nUib Culinn;
'Uí Chuilinn was in Loígis (CGH 31-2), somewhere near Mag Réta' CGSH 212, n.
CGSH Iontráil: 670, Foroinn: 47
1170c
Cluain fota il-Laichis
FOeng. Leathanach: 238
1601
Clonfada
Shane M'Kerwoll
F Leathanach: 6551
1655
Clonefadda, Cargin
DS (Terr.)
1660c
Clonefadda, Cargin
BSD (La) Leathanach: 146
1666
Clonfadagh, Carrigkeene
ASE Leathanach: 72
1838
Clonfad
BS:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clonfoda
Bar. Cons.:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clenfad
Hamilton, W. :AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clonfada
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clonefadda
DS:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clonfad
Despard:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Cluain fada, 'long lawn, or meadow'
OD:AL Leathanach: La045,36
1838
Clonfad
OD:AL Leathanach: La045,36

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