IRISH-GAELIC PLACE NAMES

IRISH structures: baile  bothar  caiseal cill  domhnach droichead  dún lios  port  ráth

ANGLICIZED               bally boher cashel kill donagh/donny dro dun lis port rath

ENGLISH village road castle church church("Sunday") bridge fort fortified dwelling (also for fairies) port fortified dwelling (also for fairies)

natural features:   abhainn              aireadh            anach              átha                 béal                 bealach            ben                  buine               bun                  carraig            cluain              cnoc                 coill                 cuan                cúil                  currach            doire                druim               fiodh                gleann             inis                   lough               maigh              muine              ros                   sliabh               trá                   tulach         uisce

owen erry anna/anny aha/ah bally bally ben boyne bun/ban carrick clon knock cull down cool curry/corro derry drom feth glen/glynn inish/ennis loch moy/may money ross slieve tra tulla/tully ish

river arable land point jutting into the sea ford mouth (of a body of water) pass peak river base of a hill rock meadow hill forest bay quiet place moor oak ridge wood valley island lake plain shrubbery point of woods mountain beach hill (rise) water

adjectives: ard                   bán                  beag                buí                   donn                dubh                fionn                glas                  mín                 mór                  nua                  rua                  sean                uachtar

ard bawn beg boy dunn duff fin/finn glass meen more new roe shan waughter

high white small yellow brown dark fair green smooth great, large new red old upper

try the following:

 

Ballinalack                                                                               

Moneygashel                                                              _______

Ballymoe                                                                                 

Ardglass                                                                                  

Rathcormack                                                                           

Corrofin                                                                                  

Dunany                                                                        ______

Carrickroe                                                                               

Athboy                                                                                    

Lisduff                                                                                     

Rosbeg                                                                      ______  

Kildare                                                                                    

Ballyglass                                                                                

Moneygall                                                                               

Kilcormac                                                                               

Glencolumbkille                                                                       

Shankill                                                                                   

Dunmore                                                                                 

Rostrevor                                                                                

Ballyfinboy                                                                              

Glenderry                                                                                

Dunboyne                                                                                

Coolmeen                                                                                

Kilcoole                                                                                  

Ballintra                                                                                   

Moneyboy                                                                               

Cashelnua                                                                                

Annalong                                                                                 

Ballyjamesduff                                                                          

Ballymoney                                                                              

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