[CLOUGH-L] [Local Ancestors][Oct 27th 2000] [Vol.1 No.22]
by by way of "Bonnie S. Dannenberg" <bonniesd@Together.Net>
I am the asst CC for Scott County and Cathy is the CC. She
also has an Irish site and Irish lists. She keeps a look out
for my maiden and sent this to me this morning so I thought I
would share with my Clough cousins. Thank you for telling me
it didn't go through. Maybe you can just cut what they would
like. I thought the whole thing was interesting. Thank you again,
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8. PLACE-NAMES OF IRELAND - CLOCH/ClOGH/CLOUGH
'Cloch' is the Irish word for 'stone'. It can be
anglicised as 'cloch', 'clogh' or 'clough'. As with
most Irish placenames, 'cloch' can appear on its own or
with another qualifying term.
Where it appears in Irish placenames it normally,
although not necessarily, indicates the presence of a
stone building, in most cases a castle, in the
surrounding landscape, e.g. Cloughjordan (Jordan's
Castle) in Tipperary.
It can also of course apply to the presence of a large
or unusual stone in the landscape. These are often
qualified by a description of size, colour etc as in
Cloughmore (Cloch Mór - large stone) in county Mayo,
Clochran (clochrán - stepping stones) in county Dublin,
Cloghroe (Cloch Rua - red stone) in county Cork and
Cloughoge (Cloch Óg - little stone) in Armagh.
Other well known placenames based on 'Cloch' are;
Clonakilty - Cloch na Coillte (Stone of the Woods)
Cork. Aughnacloy - Achadh na Cloiche (Field of the
stone)Tyrone. Clohy - Clochaigh (Stony) Down.
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