placenamesClonmeen
Cluain Mín
Lewis recorded both an earlier iron-working enterprise and the different mineral resources of the parish in 1837.
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 Mín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clonmeen · English · main form
Place & story
Sir Richard Kyrle’s iron works
Samuel Lewis attributed iron works at Clonmeen to Sir Richard Kyrle, who settled in the area after the Restoration. His account also associated Kyrle with cutting down woods. Lewis supplied no opening year or production figure for the works, so the reference establishes an earlier industrial activity without measuring its scale or duration. [2]
Worked stone and unworked culm
In his survey of 1837, Lewis distinguished a valuable limestone quarry near Rosskeen bridge from culm at Drumcummer, which was not being worked. The distinction matters: an identified mineral deposit did not necessarily represent an operating mine. The parish extended across both sides of the Blackwater. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonmeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clonmeen, or Cloonmeen: 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.