Information about Sruffaunaclossaun

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Sruffaunaclossaun
Irish Form of Name:
Srothán a' Chlasáin
Translation:
streamlet of the small trench
Civil Parish:
Ballynakill in the barony of Ballynahinch
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Sruffaunaclossaun
Srothán a' Chlasáin
Srughaun–a-Clossaun Inhabitants
Description:
This rivulet is about three or four feet wide rocky bottom and generally dry in summer. There is no fish in it.
Situation:
Rises on the S. side of Cruck a na Geeha in Kylemore runs N. thro’ Kan a Clossaun village and falls into Owunn Chulamoree.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:
Sru and Sruh represent the Irish sruth, a stream.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Sruffaunaclossaun is in Kylemore townland.
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