placenamesClanwilliam
Clann Liam
Cahirelly’s nineteenth-century farming varied across a single parish.
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 Liam · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clanwilliam · English · main form
Place & story
Two patterns of cultivation
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Cahirelly contrasts large dairy farms on rich western grazing land with smaller eastern holdings generally cultivated by spade. The Comogue formed the parish’s southern boundary and frequently flooded much of its meadow land. Limestone quarries on Michael Furnell’s estate mainly supplied the proprietor and his tenants. This records differences within one Clanwilliam parish, rather than a uniform pattern across the whole barony. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clanwilliam. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cahirelly or Ballybricken: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.