An Chlais Dubh - The Black Trench - 20 Acres ( In Total )
( An Glaisín - Small Stream - Sub-Townland - See article below )
In 1628 it was known locally as Clasdow or Clashduff. The rendering of the Townland name to Clashduv came about through lazy spelling of the original Irish. The trench may indicate the regions past as a boggy wetland which drained into the nearby bog and Glasheen River. In 1841 it was in the hands of the Goulds but following the Cromwellian Confiscations of 1654 the land was turned over to Hanc Hamilton where eventually it found its way into the French family for the next 2 Centuries when it ultimately ended up under the ownership of Ellen Sarah Ellis ( who ran a dairy farm there ) who after passing on in 1959 left all to Henry Hosford who was forced to sell the land in 1967 by compulsory purchase order to Cork Corporation. In 1968 it was immortalized when a new road was built to connect Togher Road to the new pre-cast concrete bridge over the Glasheen River. Clashduff a.k.a. Clashduv is unique in all of Togher's townlands in that it has a recognized official sub-townland - Glasheen whose boundary is marked by the 1977 R.C. Togher Parish boundary as shown below and is deemed to be separate and distinct from Togher.
Even though the townland itself extends all the way back to the Glasheen Road , it is divided between Togher and Glasheen. Glasheen , named after the river which flows along the boundary of the townland , is derived from An Glaisín meaning " small stream ". The townland was noted for its long dirt track , Borroway Lane a.k.a. By-way Lane from Bothar An Buidhe ( The Tawny Road ) which extended from Glasheen Road right on down to the old Ellis farmstead , a portion of which became the present day Whitebeam Road. One unique aspect to the modern development of the Townland was the construction in 1969/70 of the Southside Shopping Centre a.k.a. Five Star which replaced the old Ellis farmhouse and was itself demolished in 2001.
Osiery/ Sally Gardens ( infilled 1968/fenced off 1972 )
Borroway Lane ( portion renamed Whitebeam Road 1971 )
Market Gardeners Cottage ( formally on Whitebeam Road ) ( Demolished 1971 )
Bog Springs ( capped in mid 1970s )
Southside Shopping Centre a.k.a. Five Star ( built 1970/Demolished 2001 )
Boundary ( shown in red on aerial photo )
From a point at the stone footbridge over Glasheen River diagonally across Clashduv Park following the original line of the old spring to the corner of Lidl Supermarket near Elm Road and moving along its frontage to turn back up Hazel Road and taking in the rear gardens of Cherry Tree Road before turning back down Whitebeam Road before moving through the rear gardens of Birch Place and the houses on Clashduv Road before following the Glasheen River all the way back to the point at the stone footbridge.
