Claddy
53°41′50.575″N 9°32′7.613″W / 53.69738194°N 9.53544806°WCladdy (Irish: An Chláidigh, meaning 'A stony place')[1] is a townland in the civil parish of Aughagower and barony of Murrisk. It is bordered to the northwest by Carrowkennedy, to the north by Bracklagh and Rooghaun, to the northeast by Keelkill and Lackderrig, to the southeast by Derrinke, to the south by Erriff, and to the southwest by Derryilra and Derryherbert.[2] At the time of the Carrowkennedy ambush on June 2 1921, the West Mayo Flying Column were billeted in the houses of in Claddy.
References
[edit]- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Ordnance Survey Map 1838
