Cluainte Uí Chuirc

Cloontiquirk is a townland within Fanlobbus Civil Parish in the Barony of East Carbery (West Division), County Cork, comprising 272 acres. The name derives from the Irish Cluainte (meadows, plains, or lawns) combined with Uí Chuirc (descendants of Corc), a personal name that gave rise to the anglicized surname Quirk. Fanlobbus parish itself has documented early Christian roots, with a 7th-centu...