Information collected on Knockaclara Townland by the Clare
Townlands Fieldnames Survey
Knockaclara is a town land in the parish
of Templemaley, and the district of Ennis Co.Clare.
According to James Frost in his History
and Topography of Co. Clare, the name
Knockaclara or ‘Cnoc an Cláraidh’ signifies a division
of land. There are two recorded enclosures within the town land, SMR No
CL026-169 and SMR No. CL026-028,
known as Gorteendugh Fort. There is a legend of children seen playing
in this fort according to Sonia Schorman’s project on the parish
of Templemaley held in the Local Studies Centre in Ennis. Apparently “one
of them was always wearing a pink woolly coat.”1
According to Frost’s History and Topography of the County of Clare the registered proprietor of Knockaclara in 1641 was the Earl of Thomond.
Placenames
in Knockaclara shown on 1842 Ordnance Survey Map
1
Schorman, S. 1996-8. Archaeological / historical sites in the parish of
Templemaley.p 13-14.
