placenamesClones
Cluain Eois
The Fermanagh portion of Clones parish had its own market centres and community associations beyond Clones town.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cluain Eois · Irish · main form
- Clones · English · main form
Place & story
Roslea within a wider parish
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account distinguished the Fermanagh and Monaghan portions of Clones parish. On the Fermanagh side, Roslea held a fair on the eighth of each month, and courts served the manors of Roslea and Shannick. Lewis also noted a dispensary near Roslea. These services formed part of a dispersed parish landscape, rather than all being concentrated in Clones town. [2]
James McCaffrey remembers a club’s beginnings
Interviewed for the GAA Oral History Project in February 2011, James McCaffrey recalled attending the meeting that established Aghadrumsee’s club in autumn 1953. He described players previously turning out for neighbouring clubs and remembered church stables being used as changing rooms. The project’s report places Aghadrumsee within Clones parish on the Fermanagh–Monaghan border, while recording its players’ participation with County Fermanagh. [3]
Keeping watch at the victory dance
McCaffrey also recalled victory céilís where people watched for arriving county officials so that an old-time waltz could be stopped before they entered. The episode records his memory of negotiating the GAA’s restrictions on foreign dances, preserving a particular social practice rather than establishing that every local dance followed the same routine. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clones. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clones, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland1837 · Samuel Lewis
- JamesMcCaffrey,11February2011,FR/1/15,reportpp2–5 · Arlene Crampsie and James McCaffrey, GAA Oral History Project
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.