Information about Cloonara Village

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Cloonara Village
Irish Form of Name:
Cluanaire
Translation:
Lawn of the coachman
Civil Parish:
Boyounagh
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cloonara Village
Cloonara
Cluanaire
Cluan ára
Cloonara Inhabitants
Description:
There are two villages of this name in the townland of Cloonlara - they consist of about 24 houses. Situated in the N.W. portion there are two villages called Cloonara that in the South portion has a pond about 2 1/2 chains N.W. of it. There are two forts. The remainder of the land is tillage and pasture.About 3 chains N.W. of the pond is one of the Forts on which is to be seen the appearance or fragments of Boislain Tria-no-da, i.e. Trinity Castle.
Situation:
This village is situated about 12 chains from the S.W. boundary of the townland of Cloonlara. There is a second village of the same name about 13 chains South of it.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Cloonara Village is in Cloonlara townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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Cloonara Village
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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