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Cloghan

An Clochán

The original return identifies this Offaly townland separately from the better-known Cloghan village.

Recorded locationCloghan53.03672° N · 7.83280° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

clochánstepping-stones, causeway; old stone structure

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

  • An Clochán · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Cloghan · English · main form

Place & story

Forty-two inhabitants

The 1901 census recorded forty-two inhabitants in Cloghan, nineteen male and twenty-three female. Ten of its eleven houses were occupied and one stood empty. The comparative columns give forty-four residents in 1881 and forty-one in 1891, with eleven and ten houses respectively. The table places this Cloghan in Ettagh parish, Clonlisk barony and Ettagh electoral division, in the King’s County part of Roscrea Union. Its recorded area was 420 acres, three roods and one perch. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Offaly
Barony
Clonlisk
Civil parish
Ettagh
Within
Ettagh
Coordinates
53.03672, -7.83280
Mapped area
1.7 km²
Logainm ID
41837 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cloghan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1901: King’s County, printed p24 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, Dublin, 1901
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.