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Cloghran () is a
/ref> Most of the land in the parish is taken up with the "Ballycoolen Industrial Estate".
Cloghran () is a civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the ancient barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
* Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...
of Castleknock
Castleknock () is an affluent village in County Dublin, Ireland, located west of the centre of Dublin city. It is in the modern county of Fingal.
In addition to the village, the name "Castleknock" also refers to older units of land division: a ...
in Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. According to Lewis' 1837 survey, The parish consists of three townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
s: Ballycoolen, Cloghran and Grange.Cloghran civil parish/ref> Most of the land in the parish is taken up with the "Ballycoolen Industrial Estate".
References
From the Placename Database of Ireland Civil parishes of the barony of Castleknock {{Dublin-geo-stub