placenamesCloneen
An Cluainín
At Milestown, substantial limestone buildings preserve two aspects of the parish’s working landscape beside the Anner.
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
- An Cluainín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cloneen · English · main form
Place & story
The former corn mill
Milestown belongs to Cloneen civil parish. Its former corn mill is dated to about 1800 by the architectural inventory. The building has an L-shaped plan, two principal storeys and taller three-storey gables. Coursed limestone rubble, substantial corner stones and surviving timber sash windows distinguish its construction; some ground-floor windows were barred. The survey recorded it as disused, with slate-roofed and corrugated-iron additions illustrating changes to the original mill. [2] [3]
A county surveyor’s river crossing
Melbourne Bridge spans the Anner between Milestown and Cloran Old. Built in 1837, it was designed by Samuel Jones, the county surveyor responsible for numerous Tipperary bridges. Its three rounded arches have dressed limestone surrounds, contrasting with the rougher walling and parapets. V-shaped cutwaters and a plaque form further recorded details. The bridge and neighbouring mill give this part of Cloneen a distinct industrial and transport history beyond the village’s church and thatched house. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Barony
- Slievardagh
- Coordinates
- 52.47378, -7.59618
- Mapped area
- 30.73 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2257 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cloneen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Former corn mill, Milestown, record22207107 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Milestown: Cloneen civil-parish hierarchy · Townlands.ie
- Melbourne Bridge, Cloran Old and Milestown, record22207108 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.