Irish local names explained
Irish local names explained
Irish local names explained
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26 <strong>Irish</strong> Local Names <strong>explained</strong>.<br />
Carrigeen; little I'oek ; Carrrigeens; little rocks.<br />
Carrignavar in Cork ; see page 3.<br />
Carrigogunnell near the Shannon in Limerick; Carraig-<br />
O-gCoirmell, F. M., the rock of the O'Counells.<br />
Carrigroe ; red rock.<br />
Carrow; a quarter (of land). See Carhoo.<br />
Carroward; high quarter-land.<br />
Carrowbane, Carrowbaun ; white quarter-land.<br />
Carrowbeg; little quarter-land.<br />
Carrowcrin ; the quarter-land of the tree {crann).<br />
Carrowduff; black quarter-land.<br />
CarrowgarrifF, Carrowgarve ; rough quarter (garbh,<br />
rough).<br />
Carrowkeel ; narrow quarter {cael, narrow).<br />
Carrownianagh ; middle quarter-land.<br />
Carrowmore; great quarter-land.<br />
Carrownaglogh ; the quarter of the stones {dock).<br />
Carrownamaddoo, Carrownamaddra, Carrownamaddy<br />
the quarter of the dogs (madadh, and madradh).<br />
Carrowntober ; the quarter-land of the well {tohar).<br />
grey quarter {riahhach).<br />
Carrowreagh, Carrowrevagh ;<br />
Carrowroe ; red quarter-land.<br />
Cartron ;<br />
of land,<br />
an Anglo-Norman word, meaning a quarter<br />
"^ashel : all the places of this name, including Cashel in<br />
Tipperary, were so called from a ca/sm^ [cashel] or<br />
circular stone fort.<br />
Cashen river; casdn a path; for this river was, as it<br />
were, the high road into Kerry.<br />
Cashlan ; Caislen, a castle.<br />
Castlebane, Castlebaun ; white castle.<br />
Castlebar in Mayo ; shortened from Castle-Barry ; for it<br />
belonged to the Earrys after the English invasion.<br />
Castlecomer ; the castle of the river-confluence {comar).<br />
Castleconnell near Limerick : see page 3.<br />
Castledermot in Kildare. The old name was Disertdermot,<br />
Diarmad's desert or hermitage, from Diarmad<br />
son of the king of Ulidia, who founded a monastery<br />
there about A. D. 800. The present form of the<br />
name is derived from a castle built there by AValter<br />
de Eiddlesford in the time of Strongbow.