placenamesClonbeg
Cluain Big
The parish describes a recurring commemoration linking the churchyard well with Saint Sedna.
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 Big · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clonbeg · English · main form
Place & story
A well and a local gathering
Cashel Union of Parishes identifies the well behind Clonbeg’s churchyard as Saint Sedna’s Well, also historically called Saint John’s Well. Its account describes the Clonbeg Pattern Festival on the third weekend in July, commemorating Saint Sedna and including a blessing of the well. This records the parish’s description of a local religious observance; it does not establish when the practice began or that its present form has continued unchanged from the medieval period. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Coordinates
- 52.40795, -8.22115
- Mapped area
- 61.18 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2255 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonbeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- St Sedna’s Clonbeg: church and pattern festival · Cashel Union of Parishes
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.