Cloghran, Castleknock

Cloghran (Irish: Clochrán)^[1] is a civil parish in the ancient barony of Castleknock in Ireland. According to Lewis' 1837 survey,^[2]

"This place, which originally belonged to the priory of All Saints, passed, on the dissolution of that house, with its other possessions, to the mayor and corporation of Dublin".^[2]

The parish consists of three townlands: Ballycoolen, Cloghran and Grange.^{[l 1]} Most of the land in the parish is taken up with the "Ballycoolen Industrial Estate".

References

^ "Clochrán". logainm.ie.
^ ^a ^b A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1st ed.). Lewis, Samuel. 1837. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

From the Placename Database of Ireland

^ Cloghran civil parish

Places in Fingal

County town: Swords

Towns and large suburbs

Balbriggan
Blanchardstown
Castleknock
Donabate
Malahide
Rush
Skerries
Swords

Villages and
smaller suburbs

Baronies
broken out by civil parish
(* denotes article not on the
civil parish or barony
specifically but on the
modern district, village or
town of the same name)

Castleknock	Castleknock Chapelizod* Cloghran Clonsilla Finglas Mulhuddart* St James' Ward
Balrothery East	Baldongan Balrothery* Balscaddan HolmPatrick Lusk*
Balrothery West	Ballyboughal* Ballymadun Clonmethan Garristown* Grallagh Hollywood Naul* Palmerstown Westpalstown
Coolock	Baldoyle* Balgriffin* Cloghran Howth* Kinsaley* Malahide* Portmarnock* St. Margaret's Swords (partly)*
Nethercross	Donabate* Killeek Killossery Kilsallaghan Portrane* Swords (partly)*
See also County Dublin List of civil parishes in Fingal Dublin 15 Category:Geography of Fingal