Townlands, Placenames and their meanings.

In Our Parish by Pete Coghlan B.A. by admin

Townlands, Placenames and their meanings.

  • Ballinlough – Baile an locha – Homestead of the Lake.
  • Tomies East – na Toimi Thoir – The Mounds East.
  • Tomies West – na Toimi Thiar – The Mounds West.
  • Dunloe – The Gap – Bearna an Chuimin – Gap of the little Coom.
  1. Rosnagowl – Ros na gColl – Corse of the Hazels.
  2. Gortcullinane – The Field of small holly plot.
  3. Knockane na mBrathar – The hill of the spies.
  1. Coolmagort – Cuilma ghort – hook of the plain of fields.
  1. Green Road – an bothar glas.
  2. Lios a phuca – Lios of the Goblin or Fairy.
  1. Cullina Upper – An Cuileanach Uachtarach – The plain of the Hollies
  1. Ballagh – Bealach – The way or Road.
  1. Cullina Lower
  1. Gurrane – Garran – The Grove.
  1. Cappaganeen – Ceapagh – Garran – plot of Gainin.
  1. Birra – An Doire – The Oak Wood
  2. Cappagh – An Cheapach – The Plot.
  1. Cappaganeen Lower.
  2. Carnahone – Ceathru na hOn – Quarter of the Cave.
  3. Droumaloughane – Droman lochan – Ridge of the Pond.
  4. Keelohane – Cill Lochan – Church of the Chaff.
  5. Carubeg – Ceathru Beag – Small Quarter.
  6. Glebe – An Tuath – The Small Kingdom.
  7. Ards – na hArda – The Heights.
  8. Tullig – An Tullach – The Mound.
    1. Churchtown – Fearann na gCat – Lands of Cats.
  1. Gortbee – An Gort Bui – The Yellow Field.
    1. Terracoulter – Tir na Cabhla – The Land of Ruin.
    2. Scrathan – The bare Place.
  1. Coolcumisk – Cuil Chumaise – hook of the Contention
  2. Alohert – Aill Lothairt – Loharts ford.
  3. Mealis – Maol –lios- Beareing fort.
  4. Cooleanig – Cuil Fhionaigh – hook of the scrub – land
    1. Lioscailli – Fort of the Hag.
    2. Whitefield – An Ban Cluain – White Meadow.
  1. Keel – Coill – Wood.
  2. Gerah – Gaortha – Woodland.
  3. Lislibane – Lios leadbhain – fort of the clod.
  4. Coolroe – An Chuil Rua – The Red nook.
    1. Cuill Crathan.
  1. Kilgobnet – Cill Ghobnatan – Gobnait’s Church or Cell
  2. Shanacloon – Sean chluain – Old Meadow.
  3. Shanavalla – Sean bhaile – Old homestead.
  4. Cappagh – An Cheapach – The Plot.
  5. Ballyledder – Baileleidir – Homestead of Leidir.
  6. Gortnascarry – Gort na Scairbe – The field of the shallow water.
    1. Tubrid – Tiobraid – Well.
    2. Moeelcha – Maoil Catha – Flat hill of Battle.
  1. Meanus – Mianas –Muileann Mhianais – The Mill of Mianas.
  2. Ardlaghas – Ard Lachais – Heights of the Lake.
  3. Ardraw – Ard Rath – The High Fort.
  4. Brookhill – Lisin an Fhearamm Caol na bFuaran.
  1. Cnocan Daith – David’s Hillock.

Place Names – The Valley.

  • Doogary – Dugaire – Black Weir.
  • Gerhameen – Gaorthe Min – Smooth River Groove.
  • Gallvalley – Gall bhuaile – Pasture of the Foreigners.
  • Derryard – Doire Ard – High Oakwood.
  • Derrylahan – Doire Leathan – Board Oakwood.
  • Derrylea – Doire Liath – Grey Oakwood.
  • Derry Garriv – Doire Gharbh – Rough Oakwood.
  • Derrylooscaunagh – Doire Loiseagan – Oakwood of
  • Crossderry – Crossdoiro – transverse oakwood.
  • Derrycarna – Doire Charna – Kearney’s wood.

-small oakwood.

  • Cloghernoosh – Clochar Nuis – Rock of the Beastings.

– Carrig an Aifrinn.

  • Caparoe – Ceapaigh Rua – Red Plot.
  • Cockow – Cacabha – River of Ordure.
  • Bunbinnia – Bua Binne – Bottom of Peak.
  • Eskwacruttia – Eise na Croite – Tissure of the suspension.
  • Curraghmore – Currach Mor _ Big Marsh.
  • Dromluska – Drom Loiscithe – Burnt Ridge.

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