placenamesClonmany
Cluain Maine
A school history records cooperation across religious boundaries in seeking educational provision.
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 Maine · Irish · main form
- Clonmany · English · main form
Place & story
An application, a grant and a lease
Rashenny school’s history records an 1838 application by Fr William O’Donnell, the Reverend Francis Molloy of the Church of Ireland, James Doherty of Rashenny and Fr Patrick O’Donnell. The National Education Commissioners approved a grant on 7 February 1839. The applicants later became trustees of a hundred-year lease, alongside other local representatives, in March 1840. These successive steps concern a school within Clonmany parish; grant approval and the lease are distinct from a separately verified opening ceremony. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Inishowen East
- Coordinates
- 55.26990, -7.43355
- Mapped area
- 94.29 km²
- Logainm ID
- 779 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonmany. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rashenny National School: history extract for the175th anniversary booklet,2014 · Marius Ó hEarcáin; published by Rashenny National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-22. How this page was prepared.