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Gaelic Place Names: Creggan etc |
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Written by John McCullagh
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Wednesday, 28 April 2004 |
Cortamlet, corr tam leacht, ‘the round burial place’
Cortresla, corr trioslog, ‘the hill of the jumps’
Cranncrea, crann chrith, ‘the trembling poplar tree’
Creenkill, crion choill, ‘the dry rotten wood’
Camily, cam mhullaigh or cam liath, ‘crooked hills’ or ‘grey bend’
Cappagh, ceapach, ‘cultivated place’ [pron. ‘cappy’]
Carrickrovaddy, carraigh ruadh a’mhadaidh, ‘the dog’s red rock’
Carmeen, corr min, ‘the smooth round hill’
Carnally, carn ayeill, ‘the side of a sloping hill’
Carrickacullion, carraigh an chuilinn, ‘rock of the holly’
Carrickamoan, carraig na monadh, ‘the bog rock’
Cavanakill, cabhan na coille, ‘the hollow of wood’
Carran, carrán, ‘a hook’
Cavanrinny, cabhán na raith, ‘hollow of the ferns’
Clareban, clár bán, ‘the white plain’
Clarinagh, clár an átha, ‘the plain of the ford’
Cloghoge, clochóg, ‘rocky land’
Clonalig, cluain na log, ‘meadow of the pools’
Clonaduke, cluain an tseabhaic, ‘the hawk’s meadow’
Creggan, creagán, ‘stony place’
Cregganbane, Cregganduff white/black stony place
Crockacarnan, cnoc a’ charnain, ‘hill of the burial heap’
Crossmaglen, crois mac glynn, ‘Lennon’s cross’
Cullyhanna, tulach eanaigh, ‘the marshy hill’
Cullaville, English, from French, McCullagh’s town
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