Irish local names explained

Irhh Local Names explained. 25
Carraribaohill, the highest moiintain in Ireland. It
descends on the Killarney side by a curved edge,
which the spectator catches in profile, all jagged and
serrated with great masses of rock projecting like
teeth. Tuathail [thoohil] means left-handed, and is
applied to anything reversed from its proper direc-
tion; carrdn is a reaping hook; and Carrantuohill is
"the reversed reaping hook," because the teeth are
on a convex instead of a concave edge.
Carrick; a rock, Irish mr/-a?y [carrig].
Carrickbeg; little rock.
CarrickdufF; black rock.
Carrickfergus; Fergus's rock.
Carrickmore ; great rock.
Carrick-cm-Shannon. Carrick is here a corruption of
earra, a weir; and the place took its name from an
ancient weir across the Shannon. Its old anglicised
name was Carriekdrumrusk, properly Carra-Drumrusk,
the weir of Drurarusk.
Carrick- on- Suir ; the rock of the Suir ; from a large rock
in the bed of the river.
Carrig; a rock, the same as Carrick.
Carrigafoyle on the Shannon, near Ballylongford; Carraig-a'-phoill,
the rock of the hole ; from a deep hole
in the river, near the castle.
Carrigaholt in Clare; written by the F. Jl., Carraig-anchohhlaigh
[CarrigahowlyJ, the rock of the fleet; and
it took its name from the rock which rises over the
k^ where the fleets anchored. The local pronunciation
of the Irish name is CarrigahoUy, from which
the present name is derived. Another place of the
same name which preserves the correct pronunciation,
is Carrigahowly on Newport bay in Mayo, the castk
of the celebrated Grace O'Malley.
Carrigaline in Cork; the rock of O'Lehane.
Carrigallen in Leitrim; Carraig-dluinn, beautiful rock;
from the rock on which the original church was
built.
Carrigan, Carrigane; little rock.
Carrigans ; little rocks.
Carrigdownane ; Downgn's or Downing's rock.