Clóidigh

Claudy takes its name from the Irish Clóidigh, a genitive form of a river name understood to mean 'the washing one' or 'the strong-flowing one', reflecting the settlement's position where the River Glenrandal meets the River Faughan in a fertile valley roughly six miles southeast of Derry city. The logainm.ie database records the name as validated, with the genitive form Chlóidí, and situates t...