Irish Place Names

Place Names of Ireland

List of Irish Place Names.

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Name.
County.
Meaning.
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Offaly   Baronies of, in Kildare. The descendants of Ros-failghe [faly] or Ros of the rings, the eldest son of Cahirmore (king of Ireland from A.D. 120 to 123) were called Hy Failghe (O'Dugan), i. e. the descendants of Failghe (see Iverk); and a portion of their ancient inheritance still retains this name, in the modernized form Offaly.
Offerlane Co Laois In Queen's County; a tribe name; Ui Foirchealldin [Hy Forhellane], F. M., the descendants [ui] of Foircheallan.
Oghill   Eochaill [Oghill], yew wood (eo and coill).
Oneilland   Niallan, the fourth in descent from Colla Da Chrioch [cree] brother of Colla Meann (see Cremorne), was the progenitor of the tribe called Hy Niallain (i.e. Niallan's race), F. M., and their ancient patrimony forms the two baronies of Oneilland in Armagh, which retain the name. D added; see p. 4.
Oola Co Limerick And Waterford; Ubhla [Oola], a place of apples, an orchard (from ubhall or abhall).
Oran   Uaran [uran] a cold spring.
Oranmore Co Galway Great cold spring.
Oughterard   Upper height (uachdar, upper).
Oulart Co Wexford Abhall-ghort [oulort], an orchard, compounded of abhall and gort.
Ounageeragh   River flowing into the Funcheon; Abh-na-gcaerach, the river of the sheep.
Ovens,   The, near Ballincollig in Cork; called in Irish Uamhanna [Oovana] i. e. the caves, from the great limestone caves near the village; and the people by a slight change of pronunciation have converted these oovans or caves into ovens. See Athnowen.
Owbeg river   Abh-beag, little river.
Owenass river   At Mountmellick; the river of the cataract (eas).
Owenboy   Yellow river (abhainn}
Owenclogy   Stony river (abhainn and cloch).
Owenduff   Black river.
Owenmore   Abhainn-mor, great river.
Owenreagh   Grey river (riabhach).
Oxmantown   Or Ostmantown in Dublin; so called because the Danes or Ostmen had a fortified settlement there.
Ox mountains   Called in Irish Sliabh-ghamh [Slieve-gauv], F. M., the mountain of the storms, which in the spoken language was mistaken for Sliabh-dhamh, the mountain of the oxen, and translated accordingly.

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