BROWSE
townland
Cluain Cuach
genitive: Chluain Cuach
(Irish)
Cloncough
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    pasture of (the) hollows?

    Tá bríonna éagsúla le cuach (féach www.dil.ie s.vv. cuäch, 1 cúach). Cf. bf Cluainte Cuaich (#27792).

    Ainmneacha stairiúla:
    Maidir leis an ainm eile san fhianaise stairiúil .i. 1570, 1616 ‘Tauclone alias Taghclone’ < Teach Cluana “house of Cluain [.i. an logainm seo?]”, níl aon tuairisc ar aon iarsmaí seandálaíochta a bheith anseo san Fhardal Seandálaíochta (www.archaeology.ie).

Centrepoint

52.9456, -7.43836latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1570
Cloncoghe, Tauclone alias Taghclone or
F Leathanach: 1649
1616
Cloncoghe, Tauclone al' Taghclone or
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 5 J I
1720
Cloncagh
CGn. Leathanach: 27.358.17373
1838
Cloncogh
BS:AL Leathanach: LA014,26
1838
Cloncough
GJP:AL Leathanach: LA014,26
1838
Cloncough
Inq. J I:AL Leathanach: LA014,26
1838
Cluain cuach, 'lawn or meadow of the cuckoo,' 'secessus cuculli'
OD:AL Leathanach: LA014,26
1838
Cloncough
OD:AL Leathanach: LA014,26
2004
klɑnˈkɑk
Áit.
2004
klonˈkɑk
Áit.

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