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CtA CLA Cll CLI
Cicne, what? qualis.
" Cicne 111 yeiAAiin in ]\o c]\eAbyÁt
Uti]\ \'e.s]\ yene
Cit) -ooi- yuc 1 ce]ice ri]^e
"Oo yuiniu 5)\éne".
Maelmura OlJina.
ClAt),adltcli,adyke,atrencli. E.3.5,0'D. 135i.
CIatjacIi, a fiat stony shore. The only diíTerence
between clAUAch and ciiii\lin5 is that the
latter is higher. See cuiubnj.
ClAit), perceives. See A'cctAio-
ClAi-oeAiTiriAf, the term for a word of seven
syllables. Cor. Glos. in voce oeAc, and Urai-
ceht na negeas.
ClAi^ve, ccAnn clAine, SIiaV) cLÁi]\e, a mountain
in the territory of Ara Cliac/i, at which
the church of Cill ^^áca is situated. See
Trip. Life of St. Patrick. See also niÁij.
Tliis is the conspicuous hill lying immedi-
ately to the east of the chui-ch of Duntryleague,
in the barony of Coshlea, county of
Limerick, as is evident from the following
in the Annals of the Four Masters:
1600. O'Neill marched from Cashel,
westwards across the river Sair, and set out
for Kinsale by the route of Cnamh-cJioill and
Sliabk na Muice, keeping to the east side of
Sliabh Claire, and passing througli Bearna
Dhearg into Clangibbon and Roche's country",
etc.
There is a large Cromlech in good preservation
on the summit of this hill, which seems
to be the monument of OlioU Olum, killed
here, according to the Book of Lismore.
The summit of this hill commands an eS'
tensive view of the country, of the twelve
mountains of Evlinné to the north, of the
Galties, which lie at no great distance to the
south-east of Sliabh Riach, anciently Sliabh
Caoin, which lies to the south, and of a beau-
tiful and fertile country in every direction.
CÍAnn, gen. cbomne, dat. cioinn, what is sown
in the earth; " 1]^ é niAic -00 CAch clomn
AgA]' -00 cAch copAÚ". H. 3. 18, p. 14G.
A plantation. H. 3. 17, O'D. 580. " ^•^]\
comx)eci'Ain in iriAit) in \\o cÍAnnA-ó m
c^iecc". C. 2739.
ClAnnAijim, I make, form. H. 2. 15, p. 35,
col. a. I procreate. Egert. 90, O'J). 19(55.
CbAnriAim, I plant, set, sow, place. " "Ooneoch
po cbAnn A Iah'i but)én". H. 3. 17, C. 312.
See 1loit).
ClAnnpA-o, they thrust; " cÍAnnA-ó .i. yACAt) no
cup". Glos in II. 3. 18. " cbAnnpA-o cleAchA
iioi;]\A r)\ic ". Lib. Lee. They thrust horrid
spears through him. " Ro clAnnA a Iaiii
pA-oéirrm .i. po pAiuercAp a lAiii bot)ein".
H. 2,15. p. 11. col 2.
CU\nn«i jiiii, I enforce, strengthen, keep in force
" cÍAnnui jeAt) oLijet) .i. pAptiAt). Teg. Cor.
CLaociiio-d, cAemclu-o, reciprocity, mutual return.
H. 3.17; C. 222; E 3. 5; O'D. 1530;
Egert. 88, C. 2500.
CÍAon, sloping, inclining; acclivis "1]' Aipe
ip cbAen in bip". This is the reason why the
fort slopes". Cor. Glos. in voce eAiiiAin.
ClAonglAip, a district in the s. w. of the county of
Limerick, adjoining the counties of Kerry and
Cork. Tlie name is still preserved in that of
the " Commons of Cleanlish", in the parish of
Killeedy, barony of Glenquin, lying about
seven miles s.s.w. of the town of Newcastle.
Cláon-pe, a word of five syllables. Cor. Glos.
in voce -oeAC.
CLÁp 'ooipe inó)i, a level tract in the parish of
Kilcolman, in the barony of Clonlisk, King's
County. See Book of Lismore, fol. 230, a a.
There is a townland called Dcrrymore in the
centre of the parish of Corbally, near Roscrea,
in the barony of Ikerrin, in the north-east of
the county of Tipperary.
CleA]iA; "in Aichne builj no cleApA". H. 5.
15, p. 23, col. 2 ; O'D. 1(362. See cliA-ópA.
CLeidie, much; major, .i. mop no uApAb. C
2787 " ; ci-o iin lú, cro iin cieiclie", whether
about little or much. H. 3. 17, c. 21, cols.
84, 85 ; E. 3. 5, p. 24, c. 1. H. 2. 15, p. 25
b. H. 5. 15, O'D. 1661. See bu, minor.
ClepcocÁn, a little cleric. O'D. 2469.
Clece .1. popniuA, no in cApc pine .1. in d i]-
Aipt)i t3on pine, uc epc; co cleice pine pop-
Aijcep in cin lAp n-eto cincAij. C. 2779.
Cll, left hand; po)i lÁim cli, sinistnis. Z. i. 67.
Cli,theridge-poleorroof-tree. H.3.17 ; O'D.580.
CllAt))lA, cllA]\A, cleA)\A, cllOp, Cpiol; cllAUpA
.1. bole, a bag, wallet. H. 5, 15; O'D. 1662.
B. Firb. Gloss. See cleApA. See cpiol.
O'D. 2467.
CliAUAite, a wallet-maker, a basket-maker. H.
2. 16 ; O'D. 1724. Ballgin. C 1555. H. 3. 18,
C 213.
Clinn, a death bell, a knell; a ringing noise in
the ear, believed by the Irish to forbode
death. Eng., knell.
" Ua clin 11A niApb leip An n-jAoic
lllonuAp ! 1]' ceAcbcA bpóin •oúinn í !
Ua An piAch •oub le jlóp jApb
•^5 FÓgpATÍ) UAipe An ouine liiAipb".
Sheaghan i. e. Bhaiteir Walsh. Hard.
Minst. II., p. 24.