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Imli Local Names exjylaincd. 29<br />

Cloghoge ; a stony place.<br />

Cloghpook; \he pooka's or spright's stone.<br />

Cloghran ; Cloichrean, a stony place.<br />

Cloghvoley, Gloghvoola, Cloghvoolia, Cloghvoula ;<br />

Ihuaile, stony hooky or dairy place.<br />

Cloch-<br />

Cloghy ; a stony place.<br />

Clogrennan ; Cloch-grianain, the stone castle of the<br />

grianan or summer residence.<br />

Clomantagh in Kilkenny; Mantagh's stone castle.<br />

CloD ; a meadow. See Cloon.<br />

Clonad; CUiain-flmda [Cloonada], long meadow.<br />

Clonagh; Cluain-cach, horse meadow.<br />

Clonallan in Down ; called by Colgan and others Clunin-<br />

DaUain, Dalian's meadow ; from Dalian Forgall, a<br />

celebrated poet of the sixth century.<br />

Clonalvy ; Clitnin-Aillhe, Aillht's or Alvy's meadow.<br />

Clonamery ; the meadow of the iomaire or ridge.<br />

Clonard in Meath ; written in <strong>Irish</strong> authorities Clmin-<br />

Eraird, Erard's meadow. There are several other<br />

places called Clonard and Cloonard ; but in these the<br />

<strong>Irish</strong> form is probably Cluain-ard, high meadow.<br />

Clonarney ; Cluain-airne, the meadow of sloes.<br />

Clonaslee; the meadow of the slighe [slee] or road.<br />

Cloubeg; little meadow.<br />

Clonbrock; the meadow of the Irocs or badgers.<br />

Cloncrew in Limerick; Cluain-creamha [crawa], the<br />

meadow of wild garlick.<br />

Cloncullen; holly meadow.<br />

Cloncurry; shortened from Chiain-Conaire\Q\oon-Qonary],<br />

F. AI., Conary's meadow.<br />

Clondalkin<br />

meadow.<br />

near Dublin; Cluain-Dohain, Dolcan's<br />

Clondutf in Down; Cluain-daiMh[6.Q.\'\,<br />

meadow of the ox.<br />

O'C. Cal., the<br />

Clone; a meadow; same as Clon and Cloon.<br />

Cloneen ; little meadow.<br />

Clonegall in Carlow; CIuain-na-nGall [Cloon-nung-<br />

aul], the meadow of the Galls or foreigners.<br />

Cluain-eidhnech [enagh],<br />

O'C. Cal., the meadow of ivy (see etdfmedn in<br />

Vocab.). It was so called before the sixth century,<br />

and to this day it abounds in ivy.<br />

Clonenagh in Queen's County ;

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