Cloughgrenan (also spelled Cloughgrennan, Clogrenan and Clogrennan) is a historic geographic location in

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which gives its name to two

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in county

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and one in

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, spanning a total area of . Cloughgrenan may refer to: * Clogrenan Formation - a geological formation *Clogrenan ED - an

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in County Carlow *Clogrennan Hill- a hill in County Laois * Clogrennan House, a ruined historic big house in County Carlow *Baronet of Cloughgrenan - a peerage title

People

* Baron Butler of Cloughgrenan or Earl of Arran, a title in both the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland *

Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan Sir Edmund Butler (1534 – c. 1585) of Cloughgrenan (and the Dullough), was an Irish noble and the second son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald. He was a scion of the House of Ormond, and a rebel against the Tudors. ...

(1534–1602), second son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald * Sir Thomas Butler, 1st Baronet of Cloughgrenan (died 1642), Irish nobleman, illegitimate son of Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan * Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Baronet of Cloughgrenan (died 1704), Irish baronet and politician * Sir Pierce Butler, 4th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (1670–1732), Irish politician and baronet * Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (1699–1771), Irish politician and baronet * Sir Thomas Butler, 6th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (1735–1772), Irish politician and baronet * Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet of Cloughgrenan (1761–1817), Anglo-Irish politician {{surname