{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Cloughfin | type = townland | native_name =

| translit_lang1 = Irish | translit_lang1_type = Derivation: | translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ga|Cloch Fhionn}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning: | translit_lang1_info1 = "White stone"

| image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Cloughfin.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#United Kingdom | pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Cloughfin shown within Northern Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|54.792|-6.707|region:GB_scale:20000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) --> | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> <!-- location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = County Londonderry | subdivision_type3 = Barony | subdivision_name3 = Loughinsholin | subdivision_type4 = Civil parish | subdivision_name4 = Kilcronaghan

| leader_title = Council | leader_name = Mid Ulster District | leader_title1 = Ward | leader_name1 = Tobermore

<!-- established ---------------> | established_title = Plantation grant | established_date = Drapers Company and freeholds | established_title1 = First recorded | established_date1 = 1609 <!-- seat, smaller parts -------> | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = Settlements | parts_style = para | p1 = <!-- display settings ---------> | total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> | unit_pref = <!-- enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric --> <!-- area ----------------------> | area_footnotes = <ref name="OSNI"/> | area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> | area_total_ha = 71.77 | area_total_acre = 177.35

<!-- population ----------------> | population_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = <!-- for automatic calculation of any density field, use: auto --> | population_density_sq_mi= | population_note = <!-- blank fields (section 1) --> | blank_name_sec1 = Irish grid ref | blank_info_sec1 = [http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=H8394 H8394] <!-- website, footnotes --------> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Cloughfin''' ({{IPA|en|ˌklɔxˈfïn|label=locally|generic=yes}}, {{Irish derived place name|Cloch Fhionn|white stone}}<ref name="IPA"/>) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the center of the parish, and is bounded by the following townlands: Calmore, Coolsaragh, Killytoney, and Tullyroan. It was apportioned to the Drapers company and freeholds.<ref name="Munn"/>

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1901 and 1926 it was part of Iniscarn district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District.<ref name="HistPop1901"/><ref name="HistPop1926"/> It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.<ref name="Munn"/>

==History== Whilst Cloughfin is cited as meaning "white stone", it can not be ruled out that it may have a connection to the legendary figure, Finn McCool. There appears to be no trace left of the rock, which the townland is named after.<ref name="IPA"/>

{{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Population |- ! style="width:75px;"|Year ! style="width:75px;"|Pop. |- ! 1841 | 99 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1851 | 72 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1861 | 74 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1871 | 64 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1881 | 50 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1891 | 44 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1901 | 39 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1911 | 29 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |- ! 1926 | 12 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Size (acres, roods, poles) |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:100px;" | a, r, p |- ! 1851 | 178, 1, 7 <ref name="HistPop1851"/> |- ! 1881 | 178, 1, 7 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1901 | 178, 1, 7 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1926 | 178, 2, 2 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Earlier recorded forms<ref name="IPA"/><ref name="PlaceNamesNI"/> |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:200px;" | Form |- ! 1609 | Cloghom (E.C.) |- ! 1613 | Cloghfine |- ! 1613 | Cloghom (Charter) |- ! 1622 | Cloughtym |- ! 1654 | Cloughfin |- ! 1654 | Clowghfin |- ! 1657 | Cloghony |- ! 1663 | Clohtine |- ! 1767 | Cloughfin |- | colspan="2" align="center" | <sub>(E.C.) - Echeated Counties Map 1609<br/>(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613</sub> |} {{col-end}}

==See also== *Kilcronaghan *List of townlands in Tobermore *Tobermore

==References== <references>

<ref name="HistPop1926">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=5&mno=239&pageseq=50 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 24]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1851">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1881">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1901">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=7&mno=450&pageseq=366 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III &#91;Part 2&#93;, Ireland, 1901 Page 34]</ref> <ref name="PlaceNamesNI">[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=3864 Place Names NI - Cloughfin]</ref> <ref name="Munn">''Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry'', 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry</ref> <ref name="IPA">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 118. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref> <ref name="OSNI">{{cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |access-date=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archive-date=24 November 2011 }}</ref>

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Category:Townlands of County Londonderry Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan

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