placenamesClonoulty
Cluain Abhla
Lewis records the school building’s cost and a continuing annual contribution from its patron in Cashel.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cluain Abhla · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clonoulty · English · main form
Place & story
Building and supporting a school
W. Reilly of Cashel paid £114 to build a house for a school for Catholic children at Clonoulty, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. Reilly also contributed £10 annually towards its support. Lewis identifies him by an initial, without supplying his full first name. [2]
Several forms of provision
The account distinguishes this school from the parochial schools supported by the incumbent and also mentions a school at Rossmore. A separate pay school taught about thirty children. Lewis does not give the construction date of Reilly’s schoolhouse. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.59881, -8.00809
- Mapped area
- 45.22 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2258 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonoulty. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonoulty: 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.