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Clogh

An Chloch

One of Clogh’s traditional cottages also preserves a history of village services.

Recorded locationClogh52.85595° N · 7.16671° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

clochstone, stone building

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Chloch · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Clogh · English · main form

Place & story

A cottage with a public role

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records a thatched cottage in central Clogh as having served as a post office in 1902. It dates the building to around 1800 and records its later return to wholly residential use. The entry establishes its postal function in that year, rather than the date when the office first opened. [2]

Changes beneath the thatch

The long, single-storey building has rubble-stone walls and an oat-thatch roof secured with ropework along the ridge. Replacement timber windows and a glazed door were installed before 1994. The survey therefore documents both the survival of traditional construction and changes to the cottage’s fittings. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kilkenny
Civil parish
Castlecomer
Coordinates
52.85595, -7.16671
Mapped area
2.16 km²
Logainm ID
1165777 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Clogh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Clogh former post office, NIAH 12400205 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.