These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
Clais Mhór· Irish · main form · validated name
Clashmore· English · main form
Place & story
A chimney standing on a bridge
Clashmore’s industrial chimney occupies an unusual position above the Greagagh River, supported by a stone footbridge. Its lower stage is built from rubble stone, while red brick forms the tapered shaft above. The architectural inventory dates it to about 1830 and records a distillery on the site in 1837 and a flour mill in 1840. The surviving chimney therefore marks a place where industrial uses changed, while the river and bridge continued to shape the complex.[2]
The houses behind the estate name
Clashmore House appears at different locations on successive Ordnance Survey maps, a distinction noted by the University of Galway’s Landed Estates research. The earlier house was associated with the Power family; by Griffith’s Valuation, the Earl of Huntingdon held the estate. A 1940s Irish Tourist Association survey suggested that the later house had never been completed and had almost disappeared. The extensive farmyard survived, preserving an important working part of an estate whose principal residence was lost.[3]
Folklore & tradition
Saint Mochua’s February observance
The local heritage trail identifies Saint Mochua, also called Cronan, as Clashmore’s patron and records 10 February as his feast day. People traditionally visited his well near the village to pray and make rounds in his honour. The well lies along a riverside walk that also connects with Millmount Bridge and Raheen Quay. These documented devotional practices give the water a cultural significance alongside the river’s industrial and transport history.[4]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
View population figures
Clashmore — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Clashmore, Waterford — Census town, CSO 2006 report
2002–2006: census town
224people · 2006
These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
View population figures
Clashmore, Waterford — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Clashmore, Waterford
Published census settlement populations
252people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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