BROWSE
townland
Claon
genitive: Chlaoin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Cleen
(English)

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.2178, -8.27378latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Claon = A slope or a sloping place "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Rath. On a local prominence on the left bank of the Bonet River (68). Rath. On a shelf on a N-facing slope of the Bonet river valley (68). Enclosure. In a SE-NW valled with a stream to W (141). Earthwork (site). On a slight prominence in mixed woodland in the Bonet river valley (163). Rectangular enclosure. At the bottom of a SE-NW valley in reclaimed pasture (201). Sweathouse (site). On the S bank of a small E-W stream, in a wide valley bottom (219). "
Nóta
1660c
Kleene
BSD Leathanach: 73
1817
Clean/Clynn
Larkin
1835
Cleen
TAB Leathanach: Innéacs, 23 (60:16/6)
1835
Cleenbeg/more
Léarscáil: Fox
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/6)
1836
Cleen
BS:AL
1836
Clean
Larkin (Li)
1836
Gleann
Orme, M.:AL
1836
Cleen
S&V:AL
1836
Cleen
Peace, Clerk of:AL
1836
Claoi//n:
pl:AL
1836
Claoin: bheag
'small slope'
OD:AL
1836
Cleen
OD:AL

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