placenamesCloncrew
Cluain Creamha
The Ordnance Survey name book preserves local beliefs attached to the old church and a nearby fort.
The name
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
- Cluain Creamha · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cloncrew · English · main form
Place & story
Two places associated with hidden treasure
The Ordnance Survey name book records a local belief that treasure lay hidden in Cloncrew’s ruined church. It gives a similar account of Lisclooncrew, a fort north of the church near Highmount’s boundary, where money was also said to be concealed. These entries document stories attached to the landscape. The same survey records the church and its burial ground, but supplies no discovery or excavation evidence for the hidden money. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.37265, -8.89177
- Mapped area
- 6.98 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1524 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cloncrew. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cloncrew, Field Name Books of Limerick, printed434, church and Lisclooncrew entries · Ordnance Survey of Ireland; Limerick Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.