placenamesClare
Baile Chláir
Lewis described seasonal uses of turloughs in this part of County Galway.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Baile Chláir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clare · English · main form
Place & story
A changing landscape near Cummer
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Kilmacrean, also called Commer, places the parish in Clare barony, County Galway. He described numerous turloughs deep enough for lighters to navigate in winter, but dry during summer. Their exposed ground then provided grazing and space for training racehorses. The entry records how seasonal water levels could give the same land very different uses. Lewis also noted limestone extraction alongside cultivated ground, bog and rocky waste in the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clare. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilmacrean or Commer: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.