placenamesRichmond Harbour
Caladh Richmond
The Royal Canal terminus at Cloondara connects a basin, lock and dry dock beside the Camlin River.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Caladh Richmond · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Richmond Harbour · English · main form
- Cloondara Harbour · English · main form · local name
- Clondra Harbour · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The harbour arrangement
A bridge closes the basin’s south-western end, with a lock at its northern corner and a dry dock to the north-east. Limestone kerbs and walls define the harbour, with iron bollards set around the edge. [2]
The 2009 underwater assessment
During preparations for new harbour facilities, Eoghan Kieran’s February 2009 survey examined the riverbed visually and with metal detection. It found gravel and stones but no archaeological material within the assessed area. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Richmond Harbour. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Richmond Harbour: survey 13307014 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 2009:553 — Richmond Harbour, Cloondara; licences 09D010 and 09R26 · Eoghan Kieran, Moore Marine Services
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-06-09. How this page was prepared.