Irish Place Names

Place Names of Ireland

List of Irish Place Names.

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Name.
County.
Meaning.
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Faddan   Feadan, a small brook.
Faha   Fahy; an exercise green. See Faithche in Vocabulary.
Farnagh   Farnane, Farnoge a place of Fearns [Farns], or alders.
Farney Co Monaghan Fearnmhagh (Farnvah), Book of R., the alder plain (fearn and magh).
Farran   Fearann, land.
Farset   Farsid; Fearsad, a sandbank in a river.
Fartagh   Fertagh; a place of graves (feart).
Fasagh   Fassagh; a wilderness (Fasach).
Fassadinin Co Kilkenny The fasagh or wilderness of, or near, the river Dinin.
Feagh   Fiodhach [Feeagh], a woody place (fidh}.
Fearmore   Great grass (feur) or grassy place.
Feddan   The same as Faddan.
Feenagh   Fiodhnach [Feenagh], woody (fidh]; a woody place.
Feighcullen Co Kildare Fiodh-Chuilinn, F. M., Cullen's wood.
Fenagh   The same as Feenagh.
Fennor   Fionnabhair [Finner], F. M., white field.
Fermanagh   So called from the tribe of Fir-Monach, (O'Dugan), the men of Monach, who were originally a Leinster tribe, so named from their ancestor, Monach, fifth in descent from Cahirmore, monarch of Ireland from A.D. 120 to 123.
Fermoy Co Cork Feara-muighe [Farra-moy], O'Dugan, the men of the plain.
Fermoyle   Formaeil, a round hill.
Fernagh   Ferney; same as Farnagh.
Ferns   Fearna [Farna], F. M., alders, a place abounding in alders: English plural termination added.
Ferrard   Barony of, in Louth; Feara-arda [Farra-arda], F. M., the men of the height, i. e. of Slieve Bregh.
Fethard   Fiodh-ard [Feeard], F. M., high wood.
Fews   Baronies of, in Armagh; Feadha [Fa], F. M., woods; with the English plural termination added. Fews in Waterford has the same origin.
Fiddan   Fiddane, Fiddaun; same as Faddan.
Fiddown Co Kilkenny Fidh-duin [Feedoon], F. M., the wood of the dun or fort.
Fingall,   A district lying north of Dublin, in which the Danes settled; and hence it was called Fine-Gall (O'C. Gal.), the territory or tribe (fine) of the Galls or foreigners.
Finglas   Clear stream (fionn, white, clear; and glaise).
Finn river   And lake in Donegal; Loch-Finne, the lake of Finna, a woman, about whom there is an interesting legend. The river took its name from the lake. See Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, page 167.
Finnea Co Westmeath Fidh-an-atha, [Fee-an-aha] F. M., the wood of the ford.
Fintona   Fionn-tamhnach [Fintowna], F. M., fair coloured field.
Foil   Faill, a cliff.
Foilduff   Back cliff.
Forenaght   Forenaghts, Fornaght, Farnaght; For-nocht, a bare, naked, or exposed hill.
Formil   Formoyle, Formweel; same as Fermoyle.
Forth   The descendants of Ohy Finn Fothart [Fohart], brother of Conn of the hundred battles (king of Ireland from A.D. 123 to 158), were called Fotharta [Foharta], Book of R. Some of them settled in the present counties of Wexford and Carlow, where the two baronies of Forth still retain their name.
Foy   Foygh; forms of Faithche. See Faha.
Foybeg   Foymore; little and great exercise green.
Foyduff   Black exercise green.
Foyle   Same as Foil.
Freagh   Freugh; Fraech, heath, a heathy place.
Freaghduff   Freeduff; black heath.
Freaghillan,   Freaghillaun; heathy island (oilean).
Freshford   Irish name Achadh-ur (Book of Leinster), which should have been translated Freshfield: Achadh was mistaken for ath.
Freughmore   Freaghmore; great heath.
Funcheon   Fuinnseann [Funshin], the ash tree: the ash-producing river.
Funshin   Funshinagh, Funshog, Funshoge; a place producing ash trees (fuinnse).

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