Information about Kilcloony House

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:

Kilcloony House

Irish Form of Name:

Cill Cluanaighe

Translation:

[Kilcloony means church of the lawn]

Civil Parish:

Dunmore Parish
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Kilcloony House
Quarrymount
Kilcloony

Situation:

In townland of Quarrymount.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Kilcloony House is in Quarrymount townland.

Information From The Landed Estates Database

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Quarrymount