Clodagh ( ) is a female

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of Irish origin. Lady Clodagh Anson, daughter of

John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford, (21 May 184423 October 1895), styled Earl of Tyrone from 1859 to 1866, was an Peerage of Ireland, Irish peer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He served as Master o ...

, was named after the River Clodiagh, which flows through the Marquess's estate at

Curraghmore Curraghmore near Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland, is a historic house and estate and the seat of the Marquess of Waterford. The estate was part of the grant of land made to Sir Roger le Puher (la Poer) by Henry II in 1177 after the Anglo-Nor ...

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. Lady Clodagh married Claud Anson, son of Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and had a daughter who later wrote, "She called me Clodagh too and hoped, in vain, that we'd be the only two." The name Clodagh is popular in Ireland but is little used elsewhere.

People named Clodagh

* Lady Clodagh Beresford, Anglo-Irish philanthropist, writer and aristocrat * Clodagh Jayasuriya, Ceylonese politician * Clodagh McKenna, Irish chef *

Clodagh O'Shea Clodagh C. O'Shea is a professor of molecular and cell biology and current Wicklow Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences and a scholar at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is also an adjunct professor at UCSD and the S ...

, Irish biologist *

Clodagh Rodgers Clodagh Rodgers (5 March 1947 – 18 April 2025) was a Northern Irish singer, best known for her hit singles including " Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight" and "Jack in the Box" and albums including '' You Are My Music'', ''It's Diff ...

(1947–2025), Northern Irish singer *

Clodagh Simonds Clodagh Simonds ( ; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish musician, songwriter and singer. She was born in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland and raised and educated in Killiney, County Dublin. Career At the age of eleven, in 1964 Simonds forme ...

, Irish singer

Fictional characters

* Countess Clodagh, the fiancé of the narrator in '' The Purple Cloud'', a 1901 novel by M. P. Shiel. * Clodagh Asshlin, the heroine of ''The Gambler'', a 1905 novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston. * Sister Clodagh, a main character in the 1939 novel ''

Black Narcissus ''Black Narcissus'' is a 1947 British psychological drama film jointly written, directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. It stars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, and Flora R ...

'', played by

Deborah Kerr Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (), was a Scottish actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be no ...

in the 1947 film adaptation. * Clodagh Pine, character in Maeve Binchy's Circle of Friends (novel). * Clodagh Piper, mother of the heroine of the 1994 novel '' An Imaginative Experience'' by

Mary Wesley Mary Aline Siepmann CBE (24 June 191230 December 2002), known by the pen name Mary Wesley, was an English novelist. During her career, she was one of Britain's most successful novelists, selling three million copies of her books, including ten ...

. * Clodagh, protagonist of ''

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'', a 2000 novel by Barbara Vine. * Dr. Clodagh Delaney, in the RTÉ series '' The Clinic'', played by Leigh Arnold. * Clodagh, protagonist of '' Heir to Sevenwaters'', a fantasy novel set in medieval Ireland.

Other uses

* Storm Clodagh, a windstorm in north-western Europe in November 2015 * Clodagh Standing Stones, in County Cork, Ireland * Clodagh Eastern Colony, Sri Lanka * River Clodagh, a main tributary of the River Ilen in County Cork, Ireland

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People named Clodagh

Fictional characters

Other uses

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