placenamesClonbroney
Cluain Brónaigh
Lewis records two charitable purposes attached to local land bequests.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cluain Brónaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Clonbroney · English · main form
Place & story
Scolands and a disputed school bequest
Sir James Ware left land called Scolands for children’s instruction, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Clonbroney account. Lewis reported that the bequest had been under litigation for a considerable time. The entry records the intended educational purpose and the dispute, without establishing its eventual outcome. [2]
A gift for servants marrying
Lewis also recorded Mr Charlton’s bequest of the lands of Moate Ferrall. Their profits were to be distributed among male and female servants on marriage. This was a different charitable purpose from Ware’s school endowment, directing income from land towards people beginning married life. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonbroney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonbroney or Clonebrone: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.