Ath. Agh. (ath): a forde, shallow part of a river Agha (achadh): a field, level meadow. Alt, (alt): an eminence, high place, side of a glen. Anna, Annagh, (eanach): a moor, marsh, soft terrain. Ard, (ard): a height, top, summit, lofty, higher ground. Bally, (baile): town, village, homestead. Ballagh, (bealach): a roadway, passage, gap, pass. Barn, Barna, (bearna): pass or gap in hill or mountain. Barr, (barr): top, head, summit. Bawn, Baun, (ban): small field, enclosure, white coloured. Beagh, (beithe): abounding with birch trees. Bell, (beal): mouth, entrance, estuary. Ben, (beann): peak, pointed hill. Boher, (bothar): road, way, passage, lane. Boley, (buaile): place for milking cows, booley or dairy place. Brack, (breac): speckled, spotted, spotted (with stones, furze) hill. Bun, (bun): end, bottom, of hills or mountains. Caher, Cahir, (cathair): stone fort, abode, city. Cam, (cam): crooked. Cappa, Cappagh, (ceapach): plot of ground laid out for tillage. Carn, (carn): heap of stones, rocky summit. Carrick, Carrig, (carraig): a rock, crag or stone. Carrow, Carhoo, (ceathramhadh): quarter, measure of land. Cashel, (caiseal): wall, bulwark, castle. Cavan, (cabhan): a hollow plain. Clar, (clar): plain, flat piece of land. Clash (clais): furrow, deep ditch. Clogh (cloch): stone, rock, cliff. Clon, Cloon, (cluain): plain, lawn, meadow. Cool, (cul): back, corner, angle. Cor, Corr, (cor): a round hill. Cosh, Cush, (cos): leg, foot, at the foot of, beside. Creeve, (craobh): branch, bough, tree, bush. Croagh, Crogh, (cruach): rick, stack, piled-up hill. Cross, (cros): a cross. Cull, Cuill, (coill): a wood. Curra, Curragh, (currach): bog, marsh, soft plain. Derry, (doire): an oak, oak wood. Doo, (dubh): black. Doon, Dun, (dun): a fortress. Dreen, Drin, (draighean): blackthorn. Drom, Drum, (druim): the ridge of a hill. Eden, (eadan): the forehead, brow of a hill. Esker, (eiscir): ridge of sand hills, ridge of mountains. Farn, (fearn): alder tree, place abounding in alders. Farran, (fearann): land, ground, country. Freagh, (fraoch): heather, heath, a heathy place. |
Gal, Gall, (gal]): stranger, foreigner. Garran, Garraun, Garrane, (garran): grove, wood, copse. Garrv, (garrdha): garden. Glas, (glas): green; of mountain, stream or meadow. Glan, Glen, (gleann): valley, glen. Gol, Goul, Gowl, (gabhal): fork, the fork of a hill. Gort, Gurt, (gort): a field or garden. Graigue, (graig): village, manor. Greenan, (grianan): sunny place, bower, summer house. Illan, Illaun, (oilean): island. Inis, Inish, Inch, (inis): an island, a field near a river or lake. Kell, (caol): narrow, slender, straight. Kil, Kill, (cill): a church or small monastery. Knock, (cnoc): hill, hillock. Lack, Leck, Lick, (leac): stone, flagstone, slate. Laght, (leacht): a grave, pile of stones in memory of the dead. Lis, Liss, (lios): earthen fort, fortified place ancient place. Lough, (loch): a lake. Lag, Leg, Lug, Lugg, (lag): a hollow, glen. Lear, Lyre, (ladhar): a fork, forking of glens or rivers. Maghera, (machaire): a plain, level ground. Maul, Meel, (meall): a hillock, eminence. Meen, (min): a smooth spot on a hill presenting a green surface. Mon, (moin): turf, peat, bog. Money, (muine): brake, shrubbery, a hillock. Moy, (magh): a plain, plain of hills. Muck, (muc): a pig or boar. Mullagh, (mullach): top, summit, height, top of a hill]. Park, (pairc): field, meadow. Poll, Pol, Poul, (poll): hole, pit, a measure of land. Port, (port): a harbour, bank or landing place. Rath, (rath): earthen fort with trees, fortress. Ring, Rin, Rinn, (rinn): a headland, promontory. Roe, Roo, (ruadh): red, gorse clad hill. Ros, Ross, (ros): a promontory, isthmus, a grove or wood. Scart, (scairt): a thick tuft of shrubs or bushes. Shan, (sean): old, e.g. Shanbally, "old town". Sra, Sragh, Srah, (srath): a field on the bank of a river. Tawnagh, Tawny (tamhnach): a small field. Temple, (teampall): a church or temple. Ti, (tigh): a house. Tir, (tir): land, country, region. Tober, (tobar): well, fountain, spring, source. Tom, (tuaim): a grave or tumulus. Ton, (toin): backside. Toor, (tuar): a place for bleaching clothes. |
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Handbook on Irish Genealogy, How to trace your ancestors and relatives in Ireland.
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