placenamesClay
An Chléith
Clay is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationClay54.43189° N · 5.67794° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- An Chléith · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Clay · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Dufferin
- Civil parish
- Killyleagh
- Coordinates
- 54.43189, -5.67794
- Logainm ID
- 66257 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clay. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-02-23. How this page was prepared.