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Written by John McCullagh   
Tuesday, 01 February 2005
 
Dromalane     draim leathan     broad ridge
 
Desert       an díseart    hermitage
 
Bernish      bearnas      gap          
 
 
Turmore                 an tuar mór         large (field/pasture/green)
Ballybot                 an baile bocht                poor town
Saval                     sabhall                           barn
Ryan                     rian                                 path/track
Ouley                    uanlaigh                         place of lambs
Loughorne             loch earna                     lake of barley
Lisserboy               liosar buí                        yellow fort
Lisnaree                 lios na Rí                        fort of the kings
Greenan                grianán                            eminent place
Lisdrumgullion        lios droim bCullinn          steep sloped-ridge fort
Lisdrumliska           lios droim loiscthe          fort of scorched ridge
Gransha                an ghr áinseach              the grange/granary
Fathom                 an feadán                       the stream/gully
Edenmore              éadan mór                     large hill-face
Drumcashellone     droim caisil Eoghain       ridge of Eoghan’s Cashel
Derryleckagh         doire leacach                  oak wood with flagstones
CairlinnFijord          from Vikings                  waterway of hag-shaped rocks
Mayo                     maigh eo                        plain of the yew tree
Tamnaharry        tamhnach an choirthe       grassy upland of memorial stone
Cullion                   cuillean                          steep, unbroken slope
Clontafleece           cluainte flís                     meadow of chickwood
Pollnagrasta           poll na nGrásta              the hole of the graces
Flagstaff                  Barr an fheadain          top of the water-course
Cabra                    an chabrach                    rough land
Carnmeen             ceathrú mhín                   smooth quarter
Carrogs                 corróga                             little round hills
Damolly                 damh maoile                   house of the round hill
Croreagh               cró riabhach                   dun/grey enclosure
Crobane                cró ban                          white enclosure
Creeve                  craobh                            tree/bush
Ardarragh              ard darach                      high place of the oak
Cloghanramer    clochán ramhar                   thick stone structure/causeway
Carneyhough         ?                                     O’Haughey’s carn (?)
Benagh                                                          place of birch trees
Ballinacraig                                                    townland of the crags
Ballyholland                                                   Owen’s (Toland’s ?) townland
Ballinlare             baile na ladhaire                townland of the fork/gap
 




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