placenamesClonmore
Cluain Mór
Lewis records annual help for a small parochial school alongside independent teaching.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cluain Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Clonmore · English · main form
Place & story
Support for a recently established school
Samuel Lewis reported in 1837 that Clonmore’s parochial school had been established about five years earlier. The bishop contributed £10 a year, and about twelve children attended. Three fee-paying schools together taught about a hundred more children. A Sunday school was supervised by the perpetual curate. These figures distinguish the small supported school from the separate private-school provision; they do not identify the pupils or locate all the classrooms. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Bantry
- Barony
- Shelmaliere West
- Coordinates
- 52.45200, -6.60765
- Mapped area
- 28.88 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2540 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonmore (Wexford): A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-06-19. How this page was prepared.