Re: CLUNEN-CLOONAN-CLUNAN ** Spelling
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In reply to:
CLUNEN-CLOONAN-CLUNAN
4/03/01
The 1861 publication based on the 1851 Census of Ireland titled
"General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes
and Baronies of Ireland" lists CLOONAN as a 239+ acre
Townland/Town in Islandeady Parish of Co. Mayo.Ordnance
Survey Maps Sheets 77, 78.
NOTE:The URL http://www.celticxstitch.ie/http://www.celticxstitch.ie/
will bring up a web page for a modern day enterpriselocated at Cloonan,
Islandeady, Castlebar, County Mayo.
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An undated map titled KINGS COUNTY and identified as revised by
P. W. Joyce, L.L.D., M.R.I.A (probably from "Genealogical Atlas
of Ireland") shows Clooneen House 4 English miles straight south of
Cloghan.The map displays lines of latitude and longitude which
allow one to place Clooneen House at 7 º 52.5' West longitude,
53 º 10' North latitude.Eglish Castle lies two, as the crow flies,
English miles south-southeast of Clooneen House.
A modern day (1988, 1998) republication by Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc. of "Return of Owners of Land ... in Ireland 1876", on
page 44 states that Marlborough P. Berry, whose address was
"Clooneen, Five Alley" of King's County held 137+ acres.The map of
previous paragraph shows, when used in conjunction with a modern
day road map, that one can drive south from Clooneen House (or
its remains) on Clogher - Birrnational highway(N62) to Galros, then
turn left towards Five Alley.It seems likely that Mr. Berry's residence
lay somewhere along that route.
"Offaly - HISTORY & SOCIETY" (Wm. Nolan and T. P. O'Neill, ed.)
published 1998 by Geography Publications, Dublin provides my
penultimate examples, all of which relate to sites located in the eastern
realms of King's County.The word of interest is Clonin.It appearson
pages 340, 341, 343, 345, 349, 352,360, and 364 and relates to dwelling
locations in Ballyburley Parish, Barony of Warrenstown.The last
paragraph of page 340 (in part) reads ". . .John North, the younger son of
the Cromwellian, was the first to settle in the vicinity of CroghanHill,
claiming as his livelihood the townland Clonin (alias Cloneen) in the
parish of Ballyburley."The information concerning Warrenstown
includes a Figure (2.23) on page 73 which names Clonin Hill as a terrain
feature.It rises to 135 metres above sea level.