Cluain Catha

Cluain Catha, anglicized as Clooncah, is a townland of 567 acres located in Cloonfinlough Civil Parish within the Roscommon Barony of County Roscommon, in the province of Connacht. The Irish place name etymology reveals a landscape defined by battle: cluain (meadow or pasture, from roots indicating dampness or wet ground) combined with catha (battle), suggesting either a historic battlefield or...