Cluain Dorcha/Cloondorragha

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Hierarchy

townland

Cluain Dorcha

genitive: Chluain Dorcha

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(Irish)

Cloondorragha

(English)

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Glossary

cluain, cluaine

English meadow, pasture

Hierarchy

county

Sligeach/Sligo

barony

An Corann/Corran

civil parish

Cluain Eochaille/Cloonoghil

Centrepoint

54.0674, -8.61728latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Cloondorragha Cloondorragha in Sligo; Cluain-dorcha, dark meadow, because covered or surrounded by dark trees. See Bodorragha.	Joyce Leathanach: 228, Imleabhar: III P.W. Joyce. The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. I (1869), II (1875), III (1913). Áit foilsithe: Dublin and London, Bliain foilsithe: 1920
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1665c	Cloondarragh	HMR Leathanach: 48 Hearth Money Roll
1828	Cloonderrah[ ]	TAB Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	Cloonderagher	BS:AL Leathanach: Sl012,30 Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Cloondoragha	Corly, Rev.:AL Corly, Rev.:AL
1836	Cloondoragha	Garrett, Rev.:AL Garrett, Rev.:AL
1836	cl[.] Doirea[.] ʻso called from the darkness of the wood with which it [....] coveredʼ	Glanta:AL Nóta i bpeann luaidhe san AL, é glanta ach é (nó cuid de) inléite mar sin féin/Note in pencil in AL, erased, but legible, or partially so. Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Cloondorragha	OD:AL 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
1836	Clún doireacha, ʻdark lawn or meadow' [e < os cionn "oi" i "doireacha"] ʻso called from the darkness of the wood with which it is coveredʼ	OD:AL 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
1836	Cloon.dor.acha ʻPrond Cloon.dor.achaʼ	pron.:AL Pronunciation in AL Bliain: 1830-40
2008	Cluain Dorcha	Ó Muraíle The Placenames of Corran / Logainmneacha an Chorainn. Leaganacha Gaeilge a moladh i léacht a réitigh Nollaig Ó Muraíle do Dheireadh Seachtaine Oidhreachta Bhaile an Móta/19th Anual Ballymote Heritage Weekend, 4 Lúnasa 2008

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