Clontead Beg (from Irish Cluain Téide Bheag)[1] is a townland within the civil parish of Magourney and Catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is approximately 229 acres in size, and east of Coachford village.[2]

Clontead Beg
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Cluain Téide Bheag
Location of Clontead Beg
Clontead Beg is located in Ireland
Clontead Beg
Clontead Beg
Clontead Beg shown within Ireland
Coordinates: 51°54′37″N 8°46′30″W / 51.91028°N 8.77500°W / 51.91028; -8.77500
CountryIreland
CountyCounty Cork
BaronyMuskerry East
Civil parishMagourney
SettlementsCoachford
Government
 • CouncilCork County Council
 • WardBlarney-Macroom EA
Area
 • Total92.71 ha (229.08 acres)
Irish grid referenceW466733

In the Down Survey (Muskery Map, 1656-8), it is referred to as 'Clonete Beg',[3] but does not appear as a 'denomination' on the Down Survey parish map, nor is it mentioned in the accompanying terrier.

The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) describes the western end of the townland as forming the village of Coachford and the eastern end the 'Derreen Demesne'. Variations of the placename include 'Clontade', 'Clontead', 'Clontadebeg' and 'Clontade Beg'. A suggested Irish version is Cluain Téide Beg, with 'Cluain Téide' interpreted as 'plain or lawn of the green [hill]'. O'Murchú (1991) gives an Irish version of Cluain Téide, suggesting 'Téide' as meaning a plateau, or a plain on a hill; essentially 'plain of the flat-topped hill'.[4] The Placenames Database of Ireland gives the townland an Irish name of Cluain Téide Bheag, with 'Cluain' meaning 'meadow' or 'pasture'.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Cluain Téide Bheag / Clontead Beg". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Clontead Beg Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Down Survey map 1656-8 (Barony of Muskery)". Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. ^ O'Murchú, M. (December 1991). "Place names of the parish of Aghabullogue". Coachford Record. 2.
  5. ^ Does not include population within Coachford village, part of which is situate in Clontead Beg townland, but separately returned as per Census records.
  6. ^ a b c d e Histpop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. II, Ireland, 1881, page 207
  7. ^ a b c HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Munster, Ireland,1911 Page 94
  8. ^ "Grand Jury map of County Cork" (PDF). Retrieved 28 April 2014.