placenamesClonea
Cluain Aodha
A museum catalogue records a vanished coastal landmark near Dungarvan.
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 Aodha · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clonea · English · main form
Place & story
A castle above the sea
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described Clonea Castle as Walter McGwire’s residence, near cliffs overlooking the sea in the parish east of Dungarvan. This is coastal Clonea, distinct from inland Clonea-Power. [2]
The museum record
Waterford County Museum catalogues a photograph dated 1910 showing the castle’s north and west fronts. Its description identifies a three-storey building and records its total destruction in the winter storms of 1990. The catalogue attributes the photograph to an unknown photographer. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-without-Drum
- Coordinates
- 52.11264, -7.54723
- Mapped area
- 8.2 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2374 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonea. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonea, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Clonea Castle, photograph UK681 · Waterford County Museum
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.