Cluain Saileach

Cluain Saileach derives from 'cluain' (meadow or pasture) and 'saileach' (willow or sally tree), referring to the fertile meadowland abundant in willow vegetation that characterizes the area west of Dublin. The toponym reflects the landscape that drew settlement to this strategically important location on the Royal Canal corridor. Clonsilla occupies the barony of Castleknock in the civil paris...