BROWSE
townland
Currach Cloiche
genitive: Churrach Cloiche
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Corracleigh
(English)

Glossary

cloch, cloich
English stone, stone building
English marsh

Explanatory note

Centrepoint

54.1824, -7.86582latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1836
Curracliff
["Corrected BS"];
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca057,94
1836
Cor a [.lia]bh
dúch (scriosta):AL Leathanach: Ca057,94
1836
Cor a chloich, 'hill of the stone'
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca057,94
1836
Corracleigh
"See Mem. 27 May" [dúch dearg]; "Vide Cornacloy - page 80 - supra" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca057,94
1836
[Corracleigh]
"There is a very large stone on the S. side of the road from Bawnboy to Glan called Curracliff from whence the townland derived its name. It is bounded on the N. and S. sides by two large streams which unite at the western extremity of the townland" [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: Ca057,94
1836
Corracliff
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca057,94

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