Clonava () is a
townland in
County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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,
Ireland. It is located about north of
county town
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county. It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county and the place where the county's members of Parliament are elect ...
Mullingar.
Clonava is one of 35 townlands of the civil parish of
Street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...
in the
barony of
Moygoish
Moygoish () is a barony in north County Westmeath, in the Republic of Ireland, formed by 1672.[Moygoish](_blank)
'tow ...
in the
Province of
Leinster. The townland covers , including of water; part of the western end of
Lough Derravaragh and the majority of the small lake, Lough Ruddan. The townland contains the settlement of Clonave. North of Lough Derravaragh, the
River Inny forms the eastern boundary of the townland.
Peat is extracted from wetlands that cover the north of Clonava and parts of neighbouring townlands.
The neighbouring townlands are:
Coolnagun to the north,
Shrubbywood to the north–east.
Derrya to the east,
Lackan and
Lackanwood to the south and
Clonkeen
Clonkeen (Irish-derived place name, ''Cluain Caoin'' meaning 'The Beautiful Meadow') is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.
Geography
Clonkeen is bounded on the west by Dring townland and D ...
and
Bottomy to the west.
In the
1911 census of Ireland
The 1911 Census of Ireland was the last census that covered the whole island of Ireland. Censuses were taken at ten-year intervals from 1821 onwards, but the 1921 census was cancelled due to the Irish War of Independence.
The original records o ...
there were 15 houses and 63 inhabitants
Inhabitants in Clonava
''Census of Ireland 1911''. Retrieved on 31 August 2015. in the townland.
References
External links
Map of Clonava at openstreetmap.org
Clonava at the IreAtlas Townland Data Base
Clonava at Townlands.ie
Clonava at The Placenames Database of Ireland
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Townlands of County Westmeath
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