Clonmoyle East is a

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 ...

within both the

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 ...

and catholic

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

Aghabullogue Aghabullogue or Aghabulloge () is a village and parish in the barony of Muskerry East in County Cork, Ireland. It lies around west of Cork City, south of the Boggeragh Mountains and north of the River Lee. The parish of Aghabullogue include ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

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 ...

. It is 756.05 acres in size, situate east of

village, and north of

Coachford Coachford () is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the north side of the River Lee. The village is located in the civil parish of Magourney. Coachford is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Coachford owes its ...

village. It is referred to as 'Clonmoile' in the Down Survey (Muskerry) map, and 'Clonmolye' with arable and course pasture land in the Down Survey (Parishes of Ahabollog and Aghinagh) map, with the terrier naming the proprietor as an Irish

papist The words Popery (adjective Popish) and Papism (adjective Papist, also used to refer to an individual) are mainly historical pejorative words in the English language for Roman Catholicism, once frequently used by Protestants and Eastern Orthodox ...

, Cormack MacCallaghan Carthy of the 'denomination of Clonmoyle', consisting of three

ploughland The carucate or carrucate ( or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms of tax assessment. ...

s and ''c''. 1521 acres considered 'entirely profitable'. The present combined acreage of Clonmoyle East with the adjoining townland of Clonmoyle West is ''c''. 1530 acres. The Ordnance Survey name book (''c''. 1840) gives the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

version of ''Cluain Maoile'' to the townland, or 'meadow of the hornless cow'. It was said to be the property of Rev. J.L. Pyne and Molly Davis, and excellent ground, mainly cultivated, with some bog and furze running through it. O'Donoghue (1986) holds the Irish version to be ''Cluain Mhaoil'', meaning 'bare or bleak watershed', or possibly ''Cluain Maothaile'' meaning 'soft or spongy watershed'. O'Murchú (1991) holds the correct version to be ''Cluain Mhaol'' meaning 'the bare meadow'. The Placenames Database of Ireland gives an Irish name of ''Cluain Maol Thoir'' to the townland, with cluain meaning 'meadow' or 'pasture', and maol meaning 'bare' or 'flat-topped hillock', .

Sites of interest

* Clonmoyle House * Clonmoyle Mill * Colthurst's Bridge * Cottage House, Clonmoyle * Leader's Aqueduct * Luskin's Bridge

References

{{reflist, refs= Histpop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. II, Ireland, 1881, page 256
/ref> HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Munster, Ireland, 1911 Page 93
/ref>

External links

1841 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)1901 surveyed OS map (maps.osi.ie)acrheritage.info
Townlands of County Cork