Irish Place Names

Place Names of Ireland

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Name.
County.
Meaning.
Saggart Co Dublin; Contracted from Tassagard, Irish Teach-Sacra [Tassacra], O'C. Cal., the house of St. Sacra, who flourished in the seventh century.
Saint Mullins Co Carlow Irish name Tigh-Moling [Tee-Molling], O'C. Cal., the house of St. Moling, a native of Kerry, who erected a church there about the middle of the seventh century. See Timolin.
Salt   Baronies of, in Kildare; see Leixlip.
Santry Co Dublin Sentreibh [Shantrev; Mart. Taml.], old tribe.
Saul Co Down Near Downpatrick; Sabhall [Saul], a barn. Dichu, the prince of the surrounding district, was St. Patrick's first convert in Ireland; the chief made the saint a present of his barn, to be used temporarily as a church; and hence the place was called Sabhall-Patrick, St. Patrick's barn, now shortened to Saul.
Scalp   Scealp [Scalp], a cleft or chasm.
Scarawalsh Co Wexford Irish name Sgairbh-a'-Bhreathnaigh [Scarriff-a-vranny], Walsh's scarriff or shallow ford (see Ballybrannagh); which, with an obvious alteration, has given name to the barony of Scarawalsh.
Scardan   Scardaun: Scardan, a cataract.
Scarriff   Scairbh [Scarriv], a rugged shallow ford.
Scart   Scairt [Scart], a thicket or cluster.
Scartaglin   Co Kerry ; the thicket of the glen.
Scarteen   A little thicket or cluster.
Scartlea Co Cork Scairt-liath, grey thicket.
Scarva   Scairbh [Scarriv], a rugged shallow ford.
Seagoe   Suidhe-Gobha [Seegow], the seat of St. Gobha [gow] or Gobanus.
Seapatrick   Patrick's seat (suidhe).
See   Suidhe [see], a seat or sitting place.
Seefin   Suidhe-Finn [Seefin], the seat of Finn Mac Coole.
Seein Co Tyrone Same as Seefin, with f aspirated and omitted (Suidhe-Fhinn).
Seirkieran   Near Parsonstown. St. Ciaran or Kieran of Ossory, disciple of St. Finnian of Clonard, erected a monastery in the sixth century, at a place called Saighir [Sair], which was the name of a fountain; and after the saint's time it was called Saighir-Chiarain [Sairkeeran], now contracted to Seirkieran.
Seltan   A place of sallows.
Seskin   Sescenn, a marsh.
Sessia   Sessiagh; Seiseadh [shesha], the sixth part.
Shallon   Sealan, a hangman's rope, a gallows.
Shan   Sean [shan], old.
Shanaclogh   Seancloch, old stone castle.
Shanacloon   Old cloon or meadow.
Shanagarry   Old garry (garrdha) or garden.
Shanagolden Co Limerick Seangualann [Shanagoolan], old shoulder or hill.
Shanakill   Old church.
Shanavally   Shanbally; old bally or town.
Shanbogh   Shanbo; old both or tent.
Shandon   Old dun or fortress
Shandrum   Old drum or ridge.
Shangarry   same as Shanagarry. Old garry (garrdha) or garden.
Shankill   Old church.
Shanmullagh   Old mullach or summit.
Shantallow   Sean-talamh [Shantalav], old land.
Shanvally   Old bally or town (b aspirated).
Shean   Sheean, Sheeaun; Sidhean [sheeaun], a fairy hill.
Shee   Sidh [shee], a fairy, a fairy hill.
Sheeroe   Red fairy hill.
Sheetrim   Sidh-dhruim [Sheedrim), fairy ridge.
Shelburne   Barony in Wexford; from the tribe of Siol-Brain (O'Dugan), the seed or progeny of Bran.
Shelmaliere Co Wexford The descendants of Maliere or Maelughra [Meelura].
Sheskin   Sescenn, a marsh. See Seskin.
Shillelagh Co Wicklow Siol-Elaigh (Sheelealy: O'Dugan], the seed or descendants of Elach.
Shinrone Co Offaly In King's County; Suidhe-an-roin [Sheenrone], F. M., the seat of the ron, i. e. literally a seal, but figuratively a hirsute or hairy man.
Shrone   Sron, a nose, a pointed hill.
Shruel    
Sion   Sidhean [sheeaun], a fairy mount.
Skagh   Sceach, a white thorn bush.
Skahanagh   Skehanagh; a place full of sceachs or white thorns.
Skeagh   Skea; the same as Skagh.
Skeheen   A little sceach or bush.
Skelgagh   A place of skelligs or rocks.
Skellig rocks   Off the coast of Kerry; Sceilig means a rock.
Skerries   Skerry; Sceir [sker], a sea rock; sceire [skerry], sea rocks.
Skreen   Skrine; Scrin [skreen], a shrine.
Sleaty   In Queen's County; sleibhte [Sleaty], F. M., i. e. mountains, the plural of sliabh: from the adjacent hills of Slieve Margy.
Slee   Slighe [slee], a road.
Slemish mountain Co Antrim On which St. Patrick passed his youth herding swine; Sliabh-Mis, the mountain of Mis, a woman's name.
Sleveen   Little slieve or mountain.
Slieve   Sliabh [sleeve], a mountain.
Slieve Anierin Co Leitrim Sliabh-an-iarainn, the mountain of the iron; from its richness in iron ore.
Slievebane   Slievebaun; white mountain.
Slievebeagh   A range of mountains on the borders of Monaghan, Fermanagh, and Tyrone; Sliabh-Beatha [Slieve Baha], F. M., the mountain of Bith, a legendary hero.
Slieve Bernagh Co Down And the east of Clare; Sliabh-bearnach, gapped mountain. See Lisdoonvarna.
Slievebloom   Sliabh-Bladhma [Slieve-Blawma], F. M., the mountain of Bladh [Blaw], one of the Milesian heroes.
Slieveboy   Yellow mountain.
Slieve Corragh   Rugged mountain.
Slieve Donard   The highest of the Mourne mountains. Domhanghart [Donart], son of the king of Ulidia, and one of St. Patrick's disciples, built a little church on the very summit of this mountain; hence it was called Sliabh-Domhanghart, Donart's mountain, now anglicised Slieve Donard. Its ancient name was Slieve Slanga, from the bardic hero Slainge, the son of Parthalon, who was buried on its summit, where his carn is still to be seen.
Slieve Eelim   A mountain range east of Limerick; Sliabh-Eibhlinne [Slieve-Evlinne], Evlin's mountain.
Slieve Fuad   Near Newtownhamilton in Armagh; Fuad's mountain; from the Milesian hero Fuad, who was slain there.
Slieve League Co Donegal Sliabh-liag, the mountain of the flag-stones.
Slieve Lougher   East of Castleisland in Kerry; Sliabh-luachra, rushy mountain.
Slieve Mish   Near Tralee; same as Slemish.
Slievenagriddle   Near Downpatrick; the mountain of the griddle; the griddle is a cromlech on the hill.
Slievenamon Co Tipperary Sliabh-na-mban, the mountain of the women. Full name Sliabh-na-mban-Feimhinn [Slievenamon-Fevin], the mountain of the women of Feimheann, the ancient territory surrounding it.
Slievenamuck   The mountain of the pigs.
Slievereagh   Sliabh-riabhach, grey mountain.
Slieveroe;   Red mountain.
Slievesnaght   The mountain of the snow (sneacht).
Sligo   Named from the river: Sligeach [Sliggagh], F. M., shelly river (slig, a shell).
Sliguff   A corruption (see page 4) from Slighe-dhubh [Slee-duv], black road.
Slyne Head Co Galway Irish name Ceann-leama [Can-leama], the head of the lyme or leap (leim), which has been corrupted to the present name by changing m to n, and prefixing s. See Stabannon.
Solloghod Co Tipperary Sulchoid [sollohed], F. M., sallow wood.
Sonnagh   A mound or rampart.
Sragh,   Srah ; srath [srah], a river holm.
Srahan   Srahaun, Sraheen; little river holm.
Sroohill    
Srough   Sruth [sruh], a stream.
Sroughmore   Great sruth or stream.
Sruffaun   Sruthan [Sruhaun], a streamlet (p. 4).
Stabannon;   Corrupted from Tabannon, Bannon's house (teach), by prefixing s. See Slyne head.
Stackallen Co Meath Teach-Collain [Tacollan], F. M., Collan's house.
Staholmog Co Meath St. Colmoc's or Mocholmoc's house.
Stamullin Co Meath Maelan's house.
Stang   A measure of land.
Stillorgan Co Dublin Tigh-Lorcain [Teelorcan], Lorcan's or Laurence's house or church
Stonecarthy Co Kilkenny First syllable a corruption of stang: Carthy's stang or measure of land.
Stonybatter Co Dublin Stony road: see Batterstown and Booterstown.
Stook   Stuaic [stook], a pointed pinnacle.
Stookan   Stookeen; a little stook or pointed rock.
Stradbally   Sradbhaile [Sradvally], F. M., street-town; a town of one street.
Stradone   Stradowan; Srath-doimhin [Sradowan], deep srath or river holm.
Stradreagh   Grey street.
Straduff;   Black river holm.
Straffan Co Kildare Same as Sruffaun.
Straid   Strade, Sraud; Sraid [Sraud], a street.
Strancally Co Cork Near Youghal; Sron-caillighe [Srone-cally], the hag's nose or point.
Strangford Lough Co Down A Danish name; strong fiord or bay, from the well-known tidal currents at its entrance. Irish name Loch Cuan.
Struell Co Down Fast stream. Struell Wells bath house.
Sylaun   A place of sallows.

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