Cluain Meilsí/Clonmelsh

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Cluain Meilsí

genitive: Chluain Meilsí

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(Irish)

Clonmelsh

(English)

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Glossary

cluain, cluaine

English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

Ceatharlach/Carlow

barony

Ceatharlach/Carlow

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

pasture of —
Ní léir bunús an dara heilimint. 1185c 'Cluan Melsige' an tagairt is luaithe dó.
English

pasture of —
The origin of the second element is not clear. The earliest reference is in Irish, 1185c 'Cluan Melsige'.

Centrepoint

52.7834, -6.92175latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

1204	Cluaitiencia	CPL Leathanach: I, 18 Calendar of Papal Letters (= Calendar of Papal Registers, Papal Letters, A.D. 1198-1498 , I-XVI, ed. Bliss, Twemlow, Haren & Fuller 1893-1986) Bliain: 1198-1498
1660c	Clonmulsh Parish	BSD (Ce) Leathanach: 87 Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Carlow)
1669	Clonmoylske, parish	ASE Leathanach: 217 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	Clonusk	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1839	Clonmelsh	CM:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1839	Clonmulske	Dickson, Rev.:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Dickson, Rev.:AL
1839	Cluain Milis, sweet lawn or meadow	OD:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1839	Parish of Clonmelsh	Rec. Name:AL Leathanach (AL): Ce 14, 1 Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1839	Clonmulsk	Ryan, Hist. Car.:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Ryan, J., The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow, foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Clonmelsk	TAB:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Clonmelsh	Treas. Warr.:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Treasury Warrent, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1839	Clonmelsh	Vallancey Surv.:AL Leathanach: Ce 14, 1 Vallancey Surv.:AL

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