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Written by John McCullagh   
Thursday, 20 January 2005
Some townland names in Upper Killeavy and how they are said locally:
 Tievecrom  (mountain behind Forkhill)                   Tiffcrom
Aughanduff                                                            Annduff
Latbirget                                                                Lat-bear-get
Cloghinny                                                              Clogh-aíne
Maphoner                                                              Ma-phon-a
 
More Gaelic derivations of place names:
 
Annaboe                cattle ford
Aughlish                 the battle fort
Ballyreagh              town of the plain
Ballyargin               border town
Ballyshielmore        townland of great field tower
Cullintrough           foot of holly
Carrickbrack          speckled rock
Corcreem              crooked stone
Crewmore             great stone, ‘cruad mor’
Curlusk                  frog’s pool
Corernagh             the iron pit
Cloghoge               water stone, ‘clogh oice’
Clare                     clergy, ‘clier’
Cooley                  wood, ‘coile’
Cargans                 the rocks, ‘carriachan’
Druminargall          the milk ridge
Druminure             the healthy ridge
Druminaleg            ridge of the great stone
Federnagh             Irishman’s wood, ‘feada erinach’
Lisseraw                the fine fort
Lisnagree               the nut fort
Lisnakee                fort of death, ‘Lis a eal’
Mullinary                brier hill
Skigatallagh           the snail’s thorn
Tannyoky              the herd’s waters, ‘tain a oiche’
 




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