Irish local names explained

16 Ii'i>i]i Local Names e.vplaincd.
Ballyconnell in Oavan. According to tradition, Conall
Carnagh, one of the most renowned of the Eed Branch
knights of Ulster, was plain here in the first century;
hence it was called Jjel-atha-Ownaill, the mouth
of the ford of Coiiall.
Ballycormick ; Cormac's or O'Cormac's town.
Ballycullane ; O'Cullane's or O'Collhis's town.
Ballydehob in Cork ; Bel-afha-da-chah, the ford of the
two cahs or mouths ; from some local featui'e.
Ballyduff; black town.
Baliyca ; O'Hca's or Hayes's town.
Ballyeighter ; Baile-iochtur, lower town.
Ballyfoyle; the town of the hole (poll).
Ballygarran, Ballygarraun ;
shrubber3\
the town of the garran or
Ballyglass ; green town.
Ballygowan; the town of the smith {gohha).
Ballyheige
O'Teige.
in Kerry; Baih-id-Thadg, the town of
Ballj-hooly near Mallow ; took its name from an ancient
ford on the Blackwater, called in the Book of
Lismore Ath-ith]da [Ahoola]; the ford of the apples.
The people now call it in Irish Baile-atha-uhlda
(which they pronounce Blaa-lioola), the town of the
apple
name.
ford, which has been shortened to the present
Bally keel; Baile-cacl, narrow town.
Ballyknock; the town of the hill.
Balhknockan, Ballyknockane ; the town of the little
hill.
Ballylanders in Limerick; Landers's town, from an
English family of that name.
Ballylig ; the town of the lug or hollow.
Ballylongford in Kerry; Bd-atha-Iongplniirt, the fordmouUi
of the longpliort or fortress;
Carrigafoyle castle, two miles off.
because it led to
Ballylougli, Ballyloughan, Ballyloughaun;
the lake.
the town of
Ballylusk, Ballylnsky ; Baih-loisgthe, burnt town;
from the practice of burning the surface in tillage.