Standard Name:
Cleggan Point
Irish Form of Name:
Claigeann
Translation:
a skull; a round rocky hill
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Cleggan Point Inhabitants
Description:
This point is about 1½ miles long and upwards of 1 mile broad at the base gradually diminishing to a point at its W. end. It is chiefly heathy and its centre a high mountain.
Situation:
Is the western part of the parish of Ballinakill. It is bounded S. by Cleggan Bay, N. and W. by the Atlantic and E. by the townland of Ballynew.