placenamesClondalkin
Cluain Dolcáin
Lewis recorded the school’s funding, clothing provision and subscription-built premises.
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 Dolcáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clondalkin · English · main form
Place & story
Mrs Caldbeck’s village school
About 130 girls attended the Clondalkin school managed by Mrs Caldbeck in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. Forty girls received clothing annually. Mrs Caldbeck supported the school with help from collections at the Catholic chapel and sales of the children’s work. Its schoolroom had been built by subscription in 1831 on land given by William Caldbeck. Lewis separately recorded his gift of land in 1833 for a Catholic clergyman’s house and a dispensary. The account connects schooling with several forms of local fundraising and material support. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Barony
- Uppercross
- Coordinates
- 53.31871, -6.41164
- Mapped area
- 19.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 837 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clondalkin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Clondalkin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.