placenamesClonygoose
Cluain na gCuas
Lewis recorded a charitable fund alongside several kinds of school in the parish containing Borris.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cluain na gCuas · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Clonygoose · English · main form
Place & story
Charity and schooling in 1837
Samuel Lewis recorded a £60 charitable loan fund in Clonygoose, written as Clonagoose, for poor people of all denominations. His 1837 account also describes subscription-supported provision for boys and girls, infants and Sunday-school pupils, alongside National Schools at Borris, Ballymartin and Ballymurphy. The loan fund’s stated reach crossed denominational lines, while the schools represented several forms of local educational provision. Lewis gives the size of the fund, but does not specify individual loan amounts, repayment terms or the names of borrowers. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Carlow
- Barony
- Saint Mullin's Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.61824, -6.92776
- Mapped area
- 19.04 km²
- Logainm ID
- 355 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonygoose. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonagoose: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-10-03. How this page was prepared.