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Clostoken or Cloghastookeen is a small townland in the civil parish of Kilconickny, near the town of Loughrea in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from an old ruined castle.

Name

According to O'Donovan's Field Name Books (1862), the Irish language form of the name is Cloch stúincín, meaning "stone of the little prominence". Other forms include Clostoken, Closetaken, Cloghstockin, Cloghastockin, Cloghstokin, Cloghastookeen and Clostaken.Шаблон:Sfn Joyce (1910) writes "Near Loughrea in Galway, is a townland called Cloghastookeen, the stone fortress of the little pinnacle, which received its name from a castle of the Burkes, the ruins of which still remain.Шаблон:Sfn The townland gives its name to Clostoken & Kilconieran parish. There were three ecclesiastical parishes in the Middle Ages; Kilconickny (now Clostoken), Kilconieran and Lickerrig (now Carrabane). The three are now united in the large parish of Clostoken & Kilconieran.Шаблон:Sfn

Location

Cloghastookeen is in the Electoral Division of Kilconickny. Bordering townlands are Carrowclogh to the south, Kilmurry to the east, Knockadaumore to the east, Saintclerans to the north and Srah to the west.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The area of the townland is Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn O'Donovan writes; "This is a small townland, all arable and used as pasture land. It contains no antiquities, nor anything remarkable. It does have extensive ruins of a castle." This is Cloastoken Old Castle.Шаблон:Sfn

People

The 1826 Tithe Appointment Books list 10 households in Cloghastookeen: Coniff, Glenane, Glenane, Glenane, Kelly, Kelly, O'Bryen, O'Laughlin, Walsh and Walsh.Шаблон:Sfn The Miller family of Cromwellian settlers inherited part of the Cloghastookeen estate through marriage with a Croasdaile heiress. In 1855 Croasdaile Bowen Miller was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Kilconickny.Шаблон:Sfn Griffith's Valuation, published between 1847 and 1864, gives the area of the townland as Шаблон:Convert. The land value at that time was £.100-14s.-2d. Four households were listed: Darcy, Walsh, Walsh and Miller.Шаблон:Sfn In the 1911 census there was just one household, Sherry, with 10 people aged 5 to 65.Шаблон:Sfn

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External links

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