BROWSE
townland
Cluain Cloimhe
genitive: Chluain Cloimhe
(Irish)
Cloonclivvy
(English)

Glossary

cluain, cluaine
English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.896, -7.91047latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"Pinkman Cluain-Cluiche = Meadow of the sport or games. Apparently a place where young people gathered for some form of amusement. Cluiche, cluithce, pronounced cluife in Connaught. (Dinneen), means games, sport or pastime. For the anglicized form of the name, see Joyce, Place-names, Vol. III, page 6."
Nóta
1621
Clownyclawffy alias Clownyclawehskeragh
CPR Leathanach: 530b
1655
Clooneclevy
DS
c1660
Clonclevey
BSD Leathanach: 19
1667
Cloonclivy
ASE Leathanach: 136
1685
Clonclo[]
Hib. Del.
1834
Cloonclieaugha
TAB Leathanach: 24, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Cloonclivhe
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Cloonclivey
BS:AL
1836
Cloonclivhe
Hyde, Rev. A.:AL
1836
Cloonclivia
HCons PR:AL 
1836
Cloonhehy, Clon cliver
S&V:AL
1836
Clonclevy
DS Ref.:AL
1836
Cloneclevy
DS Map:AL
1836
Clu//n cloĭmhe
pl:AL
1836
Cluain cluithche, 'lawn or meadow of the game, or play'
"Cluain cloiche, cloife" [scriosta]
OD:AL
1836
Cloonclivvy
OD:AL

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