Townland |
Gaeilge |
Meaning |
Acres |
Na h-Acraí |
A division of land |
Aghagrania |
Achadh Ghráinne |
Gráinne's (Grace's) field |
Aghnagollop |
Achadh na gColpa |
Field of the heifers |
Ardcolum |
Ard Choilm |
Height of the pigeon |
Aughriman |
(E)Achra Mín |
A cleared (as opposed to wooded) area for horses |
Barnameenagh |
Barr na Mianach |
Summit of the mines |
Blackrock |
Carraig Dhubh |
Black rock |
Carrickbaun |
Carraig Bhán |
White rock |
Carricknabrack |
Carraig na mBreac |
Rock of the trouts |
Corderay |
Cor -'dir-Dhá Réidh |
Round hill between two levels |
Corlough |
Cor Locha |
Round hill of the lake |
Corloughlin |
Cor Lochlainn |
Loughlin's (or stranger's) hill |
Cormeeltan |
Cor Míoltan |
Hill of the midges |
Cormongan |
Cor Mongain |
Mongan's (or Mangin's) hill |
Cornacranaghy |
Cor na Crannaighe |
Hill of the trees |
Cornamuddagh |
Cor na mBodach |
Hill of the clowns (or curmudgeons) |
Cornaroy |
Cor na Ruaidhe |
Reddish brown hill, probably from ferns |
Cornashamsogue |
Cor na Seamsóg |
Round hill of the wood-sorrel |
Corryard |
Cora(í) Ard |
High weirs (possibly high hills) |
Creenagh |
Críonach |
Dry or decayed wood |
Crey (Creagh) |
Créach |
Brake or shrubbery |
Crotty |
Crutaigh |
"Humpy" fields |
Curraghill |
Corra Choill |
Hill of the hazel |
Deffier |
Duibh-Fhéar nó Dubh-Ithir |
Blackish grass or black earth |
Derrintober |
Doire an Tobair |
Oak grove of the well |
Derrintonny |
Doire an Tonnaigh |
Oak grove of the mound |
Derryhallagh |
Doire Shalach |
Muddy or miry oak grove |
Derrynaseer |
Doire na Saor |
Wood of the tradesmen (probably carpenters) |
Derryteigeroe |
Doire Thaidhg Ruaidhe |
Red Tadhg's wood |
Dorrusawillin |
Doras a'Mhuillinn |
Entrance to the mill |
Dristernaun |
Dris-Ternán |
A brambly (briary) place |
Drumcoora |
Droim Chumhra |
Sweet-scented ridge |
Drumcroman |
Droim Chromáin |
Croman's ridge or sloping ridge |
Drumderg |
Droim Dearg |
Red ridge |
Drumduff North |
Droim Damh |
Ridge of the oxen |
Drumgorman |
Droim Ghormáin |
Blue-tinted ridge |
Drumhall |
Droim Thall |
Yonder ridge |
Drumhalwy |
Droim Thalmhaigh |
Landed ridge (cleared of forest) |
Drumhauver |
Droim Shábhar nó Tháthmhar |
Sawyer's ridge or tufted ridge |
Drumherriff |
Droim Thairbh |
Ridge of the bull |
Drumkeelan Beg |
Droim Chaoláin Bhig |
Ridge of the small isthmus (land between lakes) |
Drumkeelan More |
Droim Chaoláin Mhóir |
Ridge of the large isthmus (land between lakes) |
Drumleague |
Droim Liag |
Ridge of the stones |
Drumshanbo |
Droim Sean-Mháigh |
Ridge of the old plain |
Greaghfarnagh |
Gréach na Fearna |
(Mountain) Slope of the alder |
Greaghnaguillaun |
Gréach na gCuillean |
(Mountain) Slope of the hollies |
Greaghrevagh |
Gréach Riabhach |
Mottled (or fallow) slope |
Kilmaghera |
Coill Machaire |
Wood of the plain |
Knocknasowna |
Cnoc na Samhna |
Hill of November (sports) |
Laragan |
Leargán |
Hill slope |
Largan Mountain |
Sliabh Leargáin |
Mountain above the slope |
Lavaur |
Leath-Bhárr |
Halfway up (to Barnameenagh) |
Lisbrockan |
Lios Braicín nó Brocain |
Fort of the badger (or wattled shed) |
Lisconor |
Lios Conair |
Fort of the defile or narrow gorge |
Lustia |
Loiste |
A fertile piece of land |
Mahanagh |
Meathánach |
A place for slits for sieves |
Mohercrevagh (Glebe) |
Mothar Craobhach |
A ruin surrounded by a cluster of trees |
Moherlea |
Mothar Liath |
Grey ruin |
Moneynure |
Muine an Iubhair |
A yew tree shrubbery |
Mullaghsullagh |
Mullach Salach |
Muddy or soggy hill |
Murhaun |
Múrthán |
A little rampart or fortification. According to the late Mr Joseph Mooney M.C.C., the stones from the old church in this townland were used to build the church of St. Patrick. Hence, the parish of Murhaun. |
Roscunnish |
Rosc an Ois |
Eye of the deer |
Shancurry |
Sean-Choraidh |
Old weir |
Sheskinacurry |
Seisceann a'Churraigh |
Marsh of the curragh (moor) |
Shramore |
Sraith Mór |
Large river holm |
Tooravey |
Tuar-Éabhaidh |
Paddock (or hill) of the aspen tree |