An bhfuil eolas ag duine agaibh faoi an t-ainm ait "Maumonght" sna Beanna Beola? 602m ar airde ata/ an cnoc seo agus laistiar den Chailleach (Bencullagh) ata/...
Sin fi/or. B'fhe/idir gur logainm comhshuite ata/ i gceist: Ma/m-ucht (no/ Maidhm-ucht), mar shampla. Is ni/os iondiu/la "ucht" na/ "ma/m" mar eilimint...
Pól, a chara. I agree that it may be a placename made from two words but I have not encountered Mám to mean a hill, just a mountain pass. Please correct me...
Yes, Maumtrasna (Mám Trasna) and Maumakeogh (Mám an Cheo) in Co. Mayo are nowadays a hill names, though presumably the names were transferred from nearby...
... upposed to be in Mayo. All leads would be most welcome. < Tom, It's interesting just how broad these placename searches can become. Your mention of Mayo,...
PeteScherm@...
Sep 18, 2005 3:17 pm
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Believe it or not I found it, well most of it, opposite Leenane. It is a waterfall and it is known as Skirra go hiffirn....slipping to hell. The books sounds...
... Thanks. I've had that bookmarked, since the website came on-line recently........ and at the time, I meant to ask you just how extensive you thought it ...
PeteScherm@...
Sep 18, 2005 3:43 pm
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Pete. I have to admit that there seems to be less Irish wordings in the online version than in the three vols. However I find the site a lot of fun and has ...
Pete. I have to admit that there seems to be less Irish wordings in the online version than in the three vols. However I find the site a lot of fun and has...
Tom, etc, ... This reminds me of a waterfall near my home running down a cleft in a mountainside as a result of which the spot never, ever, gets any direct ...
... Here, I and my daughters get much fun from inventing placenames. Two favourites are: Kildeaney Dunlisrathcasheldanganfort Stiof -- No virus found in this...
A hill on the Knockmealdown range at Clogheen in South Tipperary is called Knockshanahullion. Over the years I have read that it means Hill of the Old Elbow...
Some big names from little places in Kerry: Inchfarranagleeragh Glebe a townland W. of Caherdaniel Coisce/im an Mhadr'-allaidh a track over a mountain pass...
Had to repeat as included italics/accents last time! ... From: Northern Ireland Place-Name Project <townlands@...> To: Irish...
Northern Ireland Plac...
townlands@...
Oct 14, 2005 4:26 pm
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Druim Cheate is a drumlin (NX721589) on the west bank of the Dee near Castle Douglas. It is marked on the current OS maps and the 6 inch to the mile 1910 edn...
I asked a good friend of mine (a few years ago about the anglicisation of Irish placenames) This man is high up in the Church and let that be all the is to be...
"O'Donovan chose English spellings which would be close to the Irish when carefully pronounced rather than when slurred in rapid speech, so they are very good...
... was not very good at the beginning. His translation of Cormac's Gloaary is considered by today's scholars to be almost useless due to the errors. < ...
PeteScherm@...
Oct 15, 2005 7:38 pm
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I don't, Pete, but I will ask around. Typo in my first message - Glossary, of course. Darn two-finger typist did it. Janet ... From: <PeteScherm@...> To:...
King Cormac MacCuillennain put together a Glossary of Irish words and their derivation. He died 908 AD, so written before that time. O'Donovan did a ...
Hell Janet. I very much appreciate your offer however my main interest is in P.W.Joyce, Comerford, Flanagan etc. O'Donovans translation of Cormac (now that you...
Kay Not sure if anyone has responded to this. How about 'sli' with a fada on the i of course. Or perhaps 'bealach' Ed Ballybeg Village.com ... From:...
I would agree with the 'Tombman' information below rather than other opinions on the list. The study of early Irish (pre-1000 AD) was only beginning when John ...
Northern Ireland Plac...
townlands@...
Oct 17, 2005 10:44 am
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Maybe these people know something I dont; www.gregoryology.com/CregganTownlands.htm I welcome your opinions. Regards. Tom....
And I'd love to know where they got an 1824 OS map !!! ... -- -- Eoin C. Bairéad Dublin, Ireland Áth Cliath, Éire [Non-text portions of this message have...
This is probably a typo. The date of the OS map is probably 1842. Paddy ... From: sentto-2696556-1364-1129986138-pcasey=compuserve.com@... ...
Patrick Casey
pcasey@...
Oct 22, 2005 2:24 pm
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Hi, I am new to this group and had a question, I am trying to find out where my gggrandfather is buried near Inchigeelagh, Ireland and my ggrandmother wrote...
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