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Gaelic Place Names in the Glens of Antrim
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Gaelic Place Names in the Glens of Antrim
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Seosamh O'Dubhthaigh,
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O'Dubhthaigh, Seosamh
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1905
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Ulster Archaeological Society
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<N UJA1905_07> <L 130> <B 1905> <C Prós> <M 8> <T Ulster Journal of Archaeology> <U Seosamh O'Dubhthaigh> <F Ulster Archaeological Society> Gaelic Place Names in the Glens of Antrim. Achadh buidhe Aghaboy Yellow field. Achadh fhiacha Aghacha Field of the ravens. (Local authority — ravens still visit here.) Eagan garbh Agangarive (M.) Rough bottom. Abh ciar Acre (R.) Dark brown river. Achadh leice Aghaleck Field of the flagstone. <L 131> Achadh ladhair Aghalure Field of the river branch (fork of river). Achadh chumha Achachu Field of loneliness. Alt a míodúin Altaveedan The height of the meadow. Alt beag Altbeg Little height. Alt dorcha Altdoragha Dark close ravine. Alt mór Altmore Large Ard na linn Ardnalinn The height of the pools. Ard cillín eis Ardclinis The height of the little church of the cascade. Ard achadh cuain Ardicoan The high field of the curve. Ard achadh Ardagh The high field. Ard na siogh Ardnasha The fairy height. Alt Ault The eminence or height. Aon druim Antrim The one ridge. Airtear-Mag Armoy The eastern plain. Ail crosach Alcrossagh The streaked cliff. Achadh na olna Aghnaholla The field of the wool. Achadh na saileach Aghnasillagh The field of the sallows. Achadh gais Aghagash The field of stalk. Achadh lom Aghalum The bare field. Uaghan Aghan (M.) The little cave. At-leas-teineadh Alistena The ford of the fort of fire. Alt achadh cuain Altacuan The high field of the bend. Alt an ghabhair Altagore The glenside of the goat. Ath rait mhéalai Achraveelie The ford of the fort of grief. Baile 'n dtáimh Ballandam The town of the plague. (Local tradition of plague here.) Baile áir Ballaur Town of slaughter (by local tradition). Baile uisce Ballisky Watertown. Baile eagan Ballyagan The bottom town. Baile breac Ballybrack The speckled town. Baile charraigh Ballycary The town of the weir. Baile caiseil Ballycastle Castle-town. Baile claidhe Ballycleugh The town of the fences. Baile cuas Ballycoose The town of the hollows or caves. Baile durnain Ballydurnian The town of the boors or churls. <L 132> Baile gile Ballygelly The town of brightness. (white lime). Baile greallac Ballygriel Muddy town (Rathlin). Baile eadhmoinn Ballyemon Edward's town. Baile fada Ballyfad Long term. Baile geal Ballygill The bright town (Rathlin). Baile h-aicid Ballyhacket The town of the disease. Baile clochan Ballycloghan Stone-castle town. Baile h-il beirt Ballyhilbert The town of many looms. Baile thearmann Ballyhuriman Glebe-land town. Baile méadhonach Ballymena Middle town. Baile lóchan Ballyloughan The town of the chaff. Baile mullach Ballymullock The town of the tops. Baile na g-cloch Ballynaglough The town of the stones. Baile na dtuagh Ballymadoe The town of the hatchets. Baile na g-ceard Ballynagard The town to the artificers. Baile na abhall Ballynahavill The town of the apples. Baile na dtóchar Ballynatocher The town of the causeways. Baile na meallach Ballynamellagh The town of the hillocks. Baile na sgeithe Ballanaskeagh The town of the whitethorn. Baile na mhearacáin Ballynavargan The town of the (fairy) thimble. Baile an luig Ballinlig The town of the hollow. Baile iubhair Ballure Yew town. Bárr mín Barmeen Smooth top. Bárr na haille Barrahilly Top of the cliff. Bárach Barrach Barach (a legendary hero). Bárr na gaoithe Barnagee The top of the wind. Bearnas Barnish Gap. Na beithigh Beaghs The place of birches. Beann bhán Benbane White-pointed hill. Beann ghabhair Bengore The hill of the goat. Beann mhór Benmore The large peak. Bearrach Berragh Berrach (a witch). Bárr árd Berrard The high top. Buidhe eanach Boyanagh The yellow march. Baile nuadh Ballynoe The new town (Rathlin). Baile réidh Ballyreagh The level town. Baile tírim Ballyteerim The dry town. Baile tobair Ballytober The town of the well. <L 133> Baile an mhadadh Ballyvaddy The town of the dog. Baile fola Ballyveelagh The town of the blood. Baile mhuilinn Ballywillin The town of the mill. Baile bheannachd Ballyvenaght The blessing town. Baile 'n bheirtigh Ballyverdagh The town of the looms. Baile buidhe Ballyvoy The yellow town. Baile bhuaile Ballyvooley The town of the booley. Baile feocan Ballyucan The town of the thistles. Baile 'n túaith Ballintoy North town. Brabarlach Brablagh The rubbish (land). Breacnach Brackney Speckled (place). Braghad Braid The gullet (neck). Na Brollaigh Brollaghs The breasts. Brugh mór Broomore The large mansion. Brugh beag Broombeg The little mansion. Bruighean Breen The fairy palace. Bruach an druimín Broughandrummin The small border of the little ridge. Bruach an laoigh Broughanlea The border of the calf. Bruach mór Broughmore The large brow or border. Bruach Sheagháin Broughshane John's border. Brocach Brockaghs Badger resort. Bun na Mairge Bunamargy The foot of R. Mairge. Bun na coillín Bunageelin The foot of the little wood. Bun 'n bhothair Bunavoir The foot of the road. Builg (point) Bull (point) Bellows (point) — Rathlin. Bruach g-caman Broughgammen The border of the bends. Bile Billy An ancient tree. Baile muine Ballymoney The town of the shrubbery. Baile (an) t-sagart Ballytaggert The town of the priest. Baile liné Ballylinney The town of the Leinster- man. Cúil an bacaigh Cullybackey The recess of the cripple. Carn Néill Carneel Neill's cairn (Local tradi- tion.) Carn albanach Carnalbanagh The cairn of the Scotchmen. Na Cairn Carns Cairns (monumental piles of stones). Carnan mór Carnanmore The great cairn. Carm caisil Carncastle Castle of the cairn. <L 134> Carn a haithche Carnahagh Cairn of the kiln. Carn dubh Carnduff The black cairn. Cúil léim Calhame The ridge of the leaps. Ceapanach Cappanagh The little tillage plots. Cóilleachnach Callishnagh (Old form spoken by people.) A woody place. Caislean Cába Cape (castle) Cabe's castle. Carn an fheigh Carnaneagh The cairn of the deer. Carn an locha Carnalough The cairn of the lake. Carn aodha Carnani The cairn of Hugh. Carn eanach Carneanagh The cairn of the marshes. Carn feannog Carnfonick The cairn of the scald crow (Joyce). Carn sagairt Carnsaggart The cairn of the priest. Corrac fiach Carrafee The bald wood. Carr-ruibh Carrive The sulphur rock. Carraigh Cary The rocky (place). Carn na sruthan Carnasheeran (Old form with people.) The cairn of the streams. Carraig á roid Carrickarede The rock of the road. Carraig Uisnigh Carrickuisnagh The rock of Uisnach. Carn loch Carnlough The harbour cairn. Ceathramhadh (Murcadha) Carrowmurphy Murphy's quarter. Caiseal Cashel Stone fort where rent was paid. Casan báraigh Cassanbarrow The path of Barach. Caisleán cairthe Castlecarra The castle of the pillar stones. (Joyce, 1st S., p.330.) Caisleán Cashlan The castle. Caisleán carrach Cashlancarragh Rough-land castle. Casn naoimh Carnave The cairn of the saint. Carn ealta Carneatly The cairn of the flocks. Carn liath Carnlea The grey cairn. Carn moin Carnmoon The cairn of the bogs. Claidhe Claughy The ditch. Clar Clare The plain. Claigeannach Clegnagh The hillocks like skulls. Cloch an stúcain Cloughastookan The pinnacle stone. Claidigh Clady The dirt of mire (ditch). Ceathramhadh crainn Carrowcrin The quarter of the tree. <L 135> Cúil caorthainn Coolkeeran Corner of the rowantrees. Cúil badhbhdhúin Culbane Cattle-enclosure corner. (Joyce, 1st S., p 297. Close to Lisandure Castle.) Cluainte Fionáin Clontyfinnan The meadows of Funan. Crucach ard Crookachard The high hill. Cruach mór Croaghmore The large stack. Carrach móna Curramoney The morass of the bog. Carnán glas Cairnanglass The green carn. Carn an léith-líos Carnlelis The cairn of the half fort. Ceathramhadh croa Carrowcroey The quarter of the gallows. Cloch cor Cloughcorr The round stone. Cúl machaire Coolmaghara The back of the (plain) field. Currac seascainn Currysheskin The quagmire of the marsh. Carraig an leapthain Craigalappan The rock of the (bed) grave. Carn crainn Carnkirn The carn of the quicken. Carn aonaigh Carneena The carn of the fair (assem- bly). Ceathramhadh reidh Carrowreagh The mountain-plain quarter. Cuasa Cosies Caves or coves. Cabrach Cabragh Rough, bad land. Cabhan mór Cavanmore The large, bare hill. Clochar Clocher The stony land. Cloch a' muilinn Cloughamullan The mill-stone Clocha breaca Cloughabracky The speckled stones. Clocha Cloughs Stones or boulders, or stone castle . Cloch cor Cloughcor Stone of the bends or hol- lows. Cloch biorra Cloughberragh The Biorra's stone. Clochan (Mhuiridhigh) Cloughanmurray Murray's stepping-stones. Cloch dúin Muirdhigh Cloughduinmurry Stone fort of Murrach's dun. Cloch mór na magadhlinn Cloughmorenamagalin The large stone of the mocking (tittering). Cloch a cuach Cloughacooa The stone of the hound. Cloch ógain Cloughogan Ogan's stone. Cloch ghlas Cloughglass The cold stone. Na Cluainig Cloney The meadows. Cladachan Clyttehan The muddy (place) ditches. Corcach Corkey The swampy ground. Cor-leathan Corlean Broad, round hill. Cor-bhaile Corvally The round-hill town. <L 136> Coire bhrecain Coire-brecain Brecan's cauldron. Cluain riabhach Clonreagh The brownish meadow. Collan Collan The hazels. Coill an mhullaigh Cullavully The wood of the summit. Cor na meala Cornamellagh The round hill of the honey. Cos ceap Coskib The foot of the tree trunk. Cor na madadh Cornamaddy The round hill of the dogs. Craig na téineadh Caraigateinny The rock of fire. Creagan Cragan The little rock. Creagach Craigagh The rocky (place). Craig fada Craigfad The long rock. Craig mulúrt Craigwillord The rock of the small boor- trees. Cloch nighné Ghobain Cloughneeingoban Castle of the daughter of Goban. Craig bán Craigban The white rock. Craig na g-cat Craignagat The cat's rock. Crannach Crannagh The place of trees. Crannóg Crannog The little tree. Crannog Crannoge Residence of wood (in arti- ficial island). Cor liath Corlea The grey round hill. Craobh-bile Crebilly The spreading (branchy) old tree. Craobhach Creeve The branchy old tree. Cruchán Croaghan (M.) The little stacked hill. Crom leach Cromleach The sloping stone. Croc an óir Crockanore The hill of the gold. Cros críonn Crosscrion The withered or rotted cross. Croc Crook The hill. Croc an aoil Cruckaneel The hill of lime. Croc na daoine Crooknadwinny The hill of the men. Croc na croiche Crucknacreighy The gallows' hill. Crocán (for Cnocan) Cruckin The little hill. Cnoc an dubh Cruckindoo The black hill. Cúil Feachtrainn Culfeightrin The recess of St. Feightrin. Crois abhann dáil Cushendall The foot of the river Dal. Cos abhann duine Cushendun The foot of the river Duine. Cois abhann eilte Cusheneilt The stream side of the doe. Cos leacaigh Cushleake The foot of the hill slope. (Pronounced Cush-leak-ey by natives). <L 137> Cúl an bhile Culaveely The corner of the tree. Cúl an airgid Culanarget The corner of the silver. Cúil biadhtach Culbiddagh The recess of the victualler. Cúil rathaine Culranny The corner of the ferns. Currach Curragh The marsh. Croc na craoibhe Crocknacreeva (M.) The hill of the branchy tree. Deisceart Discart The southern part. Dún mallacht Dunmallaght The fort of the curses. Dún uibhargan Dunurgan The fort of the yews. Dún Taidhg Duntague The fort of Teague. Druim mór Dromore The large ridge. Na draoighin Drains The blackthorns. Druimín Dromain The little ridge. (Joyce, 2nd S., page 24.) Druim an dúin Drumaduin The ridge of the fort. Druim an droichid Drumadraid The ridge of the bridge. Druim an bhuaile Drumavoley The ridge of the booley. Druim an mhuilinn Drumawillin The ridge of the mill. Druim aonaígh Drumeeny The ridge of the assembly. Druim idir gleann Drumedergillan The ridge between glens. Druim fhasgaighe Drumfasky The ridge of protection. Druim na cill Drumnakeel The ridge of the church. Dún Doon The fort. Dúnan Doonan The little fort. Dún an aonaigh Doonaneeny The fort of the assembly. Dún mór Doonmore The large fort. Dún beag Doonbeg The small fort. Dún Finn Doonfin The fort of Finn (Macbool). Dúire Doory The watery place. Daireach Dairy or Darry The oaky place. Dún carbad Duncarbit The fort of the coaches. Dún g-Calainn Dungallon Callan's fort. Dún maol Dunmall The bald fort. Dún raithne Dunrainey The ferny fort. Druim na cor Drumnacor The ridge of the round hills. Druim na croise Drumnacross The ridge of the cross. Druim na greach Drumnagreagh The ridge of the mountain flat. Druim cró Drumcrow The ridge of the huts. <L 138> Druim na úamha Drumnahoe The ridge of the cave. Druim fluich Drumfluigh The wet ridge. Druim na smear Drumnasmear The ridge of the black- berries. Druim Sighle Drumsheelagh The ridge of Sighle. Druim duilleach Drumdallagh The leafy ridge. Druim bholcain Drumbolcan The ridge of Olcan. Druim tulach Drumtullagh The little hill ridge. Druim na gabála Drumnagola The ridge of the shoulders. Druim beannachair Drumbanagher The ridge of the horns (peaks). Druim na foidhbhaidhe Drumnafivey The ridge of the wood. Dún lis Dunluce (Kingly) fort of the lios. Druim na gaisan Drumnagessan The ridge of the streams. Dún laoich Dunloy The fort of the hero. Eaglais Eglish The church. Eilean an bhoith Ellanabough The cattle-shed island. Eiscir Escarr The sandy, watery place. Eiscireach Eshery The sandy ridge. Ess na crúibe Essnacrub The horse-hoof waterfall. Ess na larach Essnalarach The waterfall of the mares. Eibhis Evish A mountain pasture. Eibhis an cró Evishacraw The mountain pasture of the hut. Fál mic Crillighe Falmacrilly MacCrilly's hedge. Fál na nglas Falnaglass The hedge of the streams. Fálach bhuidhe Fallowvee The yellow hiding-place or recess. Fólach fhir liath Fallinerlea The grey man's hiding-place Fál riasgain Fallruskin The hedge of the moor. Feochaill Faughil The woods. Fearann fhir liath Farranerlea The grey man's land. Faithche Feigh The exercise green. Feis teine Feystown The fire assembly. Fearann Mhic Calainn Farranmacallan MacCallan's land. Forrach Foriff The meeting-place (change of ch to f. See Joyce, 1st S., page 50). Corrections and additions are invited. (To be continued.)
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