placenamesPriorswood
Coill an Phrióra
Excavation revealed built surfaces and domestic deposits beneath a later development site.
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
- Coill an Phrióra · Irish · main form · validated name
- Priorswood · English · main form
Place & story
Evidence from the ground
In April 2016, David McIlreavy excavated remains at Priorswood, Clonshaugh, following discoveries during construction monitoring. The work exposed structural surfaces, a drainage channel, a stone structure bonded with clay and deposits associated with occupation. His report interprets the features as seventeenth-century remains, supported by artefacts and radiocarbon results spanning the late medieval and early modern periods. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Priorswood. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2018:076 Priorswood, excavation April2016,licence16E0069 · David McIlreavy, IAC / Excavations.ie, Wordwell Ltd.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.