| Clontead Beg | |
| Settlement Type: | Townland |
| Translit Lang1: | Irish |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Derivation: |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Irish: Cluain Téide Bheag |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Clontead Beg shown within Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 51.9103°N -8.775°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: | Magourney |
| Leader Title: | Council |
| Leader Title1: | Ward |
| Leader Name1: | Blarney-Macroom EA |
| Parts Type: | Settlements |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Coachford |
| Area Total Ha: | 92.71 |
| Area Total Acre: | 229.08 |
| Blank Name: | Irish grid reference |
Clontead Beg [1] is a townland within the civil parish of Magourney and Catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is approximately 229 acres in size, and east of Coachford village.[2]
In the Down Survey (Muskery Map, 1656-8), it is referred to as 'Clonete Beg',[3] but does not appear as a 'denomination' on the Down Survey parish map, nor is it mentioned in the accompanying terrier.
The Ordnance Survey name book describes the western end of the townland as forming the village of Coachford and the eastern end the 'Derreen Demesne'. Variations of the placename include 'Clontade', 'Clontead', 'Clontadebeg' and 'Clontade Beg'. A suggested Irish version is Cluain Téide Beg, with 'Cluain Téide' interpreted as 'plain or lawn of the green [hill]'. O'Murchú (1991) gives an Irish version of Cluain Téide, suggesting 'Téide' as meaning a plateau, or a plain on a hill; essentially 'plain of the flat-topped hill'.[4] The Placenames Database of Ireland gives the townland an Irish name of Cluain Téide Bheag, with 'Cluain' meaning 'meadow' or 'pasture'.[1]
| Year | Pop. |
|---|---|
| 1841 | 129 |
| 1851 | 57 |
| 1861 | 114 |
| 1871 | 90 |
| 1881 | 54 |
| 1891 | 24 |
| 1901 | 38 |
| 1911 | 61 |
| Year | Form | |
|---|---|---|
| 1656-8 | Clonete Beg (Down Survey) | |
| 1811 | Clunnteady (Bath's Grand Jury map)[6] | |
| 1840 | Clontade/Clontead/Clontadebeg/Clontade Beg (OS name book) | |
| 1842 | Clontead Beg (1842 surveyed OS map) |