placenamesClankee
Clann Chaoich
Lewis distinguished building-stone quarries from coal and iron deposits near Shercock.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Clann Chaoich · Irish · main form
- Clankee · English · main form
Place & story
A deposit did not necessarily become a mine
At Glasleck, about two miles south of Shercock beside the Bailieborough road, Samuel Lewis recorded coal and iron ore in 1837. He explicitly said neither was being worked, while noting several quarries supplying good building stone. This separates evidence of mineral deposits from an operating extractive industry. His account places the locality within Shercock parish in Clankee, written Clonkee in the original text. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clankee. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Shercock or Killan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
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