Clonmoyle East Explained

Clonmoyle East
Settlement Type:townland
Native Name:Irish: Cluain Maol Thoir
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Clonmoyle East shown within Ireland
Coordinates:51.9433°N -8.7856°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:County Cork
Subdivision Type2:Barony
Subdivision Name2:Muskerry East
Subdivision Type3:Civil parish
Subdivision Name3:Aghabullogue
Leader Title:Council
Leader Title1:Ward
Leader Name1:Blarney-Macroom EA
Established Title1:First recorded
Established Date1:Mid 17th Century
Parts Type:Settlements
Parts Style:para
P1:Aghabullogue, Coachford
Area Total Ha:305.96
Area Total Acre:756.05
Blank Name Sec1:Irish grid ref
Blank Info Sec1:W457771

Clonmoyle East is a townland within both the civil parish and catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is 756.05 acres in size, situate east of Aghabullogue village, and north of Coachford village.

It is referred to as 'Clonmoile' in the Down Survey (Muskerry) map,[1] and 'Clonmolye' with arable and course pasture land in the Down Survey (Parishes of Ahabollog and Aghinagh) map, with the terrier naming the proprietor as an Irish papist, Cormack MacCallaghan Carthy of the 'denomination of Clonmoyle', consisting of three ploughlands and c. 1521 acres considered 'entirely profitable'.[2] The present combined acreage of Clonmoyle East with the adjoining townland of Clonmoyle West is c. 1530 acres.

The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) gives the Irish language version of Cluain Maoile to the townland, or 'meadow of the hornless cow'. It was said to be the property of Rev. J.L. Pyne and Molly Davis, and excellent ground, mainly cultivated, with some bog and furze running through it. O'Donoghue (1986) holds the Irish version to be Cluain Mhaoil, meaning 'bare or bleak watershed', or possibly Cluain Maothaile meaning 'soft or spongy watershed'.[3] O'Murchú (1991) holds the correct version to be Cluain Mhaol meaning 'the bare meadow'.[4] The Placenames Database of Ireland gives an Irish name of Cluain Maol Thoir to the townland, with cluain meaning 'meadow' or 'pasture', and maol meaning 'bare' or 'flat-topped hillock', .[5]

Townland population
YearPop.
1841325
1851262
1861213
1871159
1881224
1891146
1901148
1911144
Earlier versions of townland name
YearForm
1656-8Clonmoile/Clonmolye/Clonmoyle (Down Survey)
1811Clonmoyle (Bath's Grand Jury map)[6]
1837Clonmoyle (Lewis)
1840Clonmoyle (OS name book)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Down Survey map 1656-8, (Barony of Muskery). 19 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Down Survey map 1656-8 (Ahabollog and Aghinagh). 19 April 2014.
  3. Book: O'Donoghue, B.. Parish histories and place names of west Cork. 1986. Kerryman Ltd..
  4. O'Murchú, M.. Place names of the parish of Aghabullogue. Coachford Record. Dec 1991. 2.
  5. Web site: Placenames Database of Ireland. 19 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064259/http://logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=clonmoyle+east&streets=yes. 21 April 2014. dead.
  6. Web site: Grand Jury map of County Cork. 19 April 2014.