Placenames:
Clare Placenames
Clare Placenames
Brochure
Clare Placenames Policy
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Coiste Logainmneacha an Chláir (Clare Placenames Committee)
The Clare Placenames Committee was set up to advise and monitor the selection
of suitable names for developments in the county. The group is representative
of various cultural and historical bodies in the County and work in conjunction
with Council officers. The groups represented include Clare Historical
Society, Clare County Council, Conradh na Gaeilge, An Clár as Gaeilge,
Ennis Town Council, Kilrush Civic Offices and Cairdeas Logainmneacha na
Sionna.
Townlands of County Clare
A townland is the smallest geographical unit in Ireland with over 60,000
such units recorded. According to the maps of the Ordnance Survey, there
are
2176
townlands in Clare, each providing a rich resource of placenames
information.
The development of the Clare Placenames Project has seen several townland
studies currently being conducted by volunteers across the county. Comprehensive
research has been conducted into existing studies and information collected
to date can be viewed on
Clare
Townland Fieldname Survey
Clare Placenames
Leaflet
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