The Cluain Conmhaícne (Conmaicne of the pasture), or Cluain Conmaicne, were an early people of
Ireland
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. Their
tuath comprised the entire parish of Cloone, located in the baronies of
Maigh Rein (Mohill) and
Carrigallen, in south
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim, County Leitr ...
.
Origin
The Conmhaicne or Conmaicne were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the
Laigin
The Laigin, modern spelling Laighin (), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland. They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster, which in the medieval era was known in Irish as ''Cóiced Laigen'', meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinste ...
, who dispersed to various parts of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. They settled in
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
and
Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of ...
, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. Other branches of the
Conmhaicne
The Conmaicne (; ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's assertion ...
located in County Leitrim included the Conmaicne of
Maigh Rein,
Maigh Nissi
The barony of Leitrim (, historically Conmhaícne Maigh Nissi) is a barony in County Leitrim, Ireland.
Etymology
Leitrim barony takes its name from the village of Leitrim (, "grey ridge"), which also gives its name to County Leitrim.
Loca ...
, and
Conmaicne Luchan.
Territory

Their territory was bounded by native Irish forests on all sides, Conmaiche of
Maigh Rein west, Conmaicne of
Maigh Nissi
The barony of Leitrim (, historically Conmhaícne Maigh Nissi) is a barony in County Leitrim, Ireland.
Etymology
Leitrim barony takes its name from the village of Leitrim (, "grey ridge"), which also gives its name to County Leitrim.
Loca ...
south,
Conmaicne of Angaile to the east, and
Breifne O'Reilly to the north.
Taoiseach
Cluain Conmaicne was part of
Muintir Eolais
The Muintir Eolais of Conmaicne Réin were nobles of Gaelic Ireland. For seven hundred years from the 8th century, they lived in and ruled an area roughly conterminous with present-day south County Leitrim. Their territory comprised the lands n ...
and therefore ruled by MagRaghnaill (Reynolds).
People
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Saint Berach was born at Gort na Luachra in Cloone Conmaicne, living with this tuath for seven years. Plummer states that, in 1922, the townland contains "a mother-church and a cross, and the stone on which St. Berach was born".
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Saint Midabaria, sister of Berach, was also born at Gort na Luachra in Cloone Conmaicne.
See also
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Conmhaicne
The Conmaicne (; ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's assertion ...
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Cloone
Cloone () is a village in County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village is located in the south of the county, just off the R201 road (Ireland), R201 road; its nearest town is Mohill. Its name is an anglicised version of the Irish- ...
References
Secondary sources
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* ''A Chorographical Description of West or H-Iar Connaught written A.D. 1684 by Roderic O'Flaherty ESQ with notes and Illustrations by,
James Hardiman
James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian.
Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...
M.R.I.A.'', Irish Archaeological Society, 1846.
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History of County Leitrim
Historical ethnic groups of Europe
Ethnic groups in Ireland
Gaelic-Irish nations and dynasties
Cluain Conmaicne
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