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according ancient anglicised annals Antrim appears applied Armagh authorities barony battle beginning Book called in Irish castle Cavan celebrated century church Clare common Connaught Cork corruption counties derived Derry diminutive district Donegal Dublin early English example exists fairy Fermanagh field ford former formerly fort Four Masters frequent Galway genitive given gives name glen hill instance Ireland Irish name island Kerry Kilkenny kind king known lake land language Leinster letter Limerick Lough Mayo meadow meaning Meath mentioned miles Monaghan mountain Munster occurs original parish plain plural present preserved probably pronounced rath record remarkable represents retained ridge river road rock round ruins saint sense signifies situated Sligo sometimes sound stands stone takes term territory Tipperary took town townlands translated tree tribe Tyrone Ulster usually various village Wicklow wood word write written
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Page 259 - Tis the bells of Shandon, ^ That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee.
Page 84 - In process of time, Britain, besides the Britons and the Picts, received a third nation, the Scots, who, migrating from Ireland under their leader Reuda, either by fair means or by force of arms secured to themselves those settlements among the Picts which they still possess. From the name of their commander, they are to this day called Dalreudins ; for in their language Dal signifies a part.
Page 376 - Clogher takes its name from a golden stone, from which, in times of paganism, the devil used to pronounce juggling answers, like the oracles of Apollo Pythius, as is said in the register of Clogher.
Page 299 - This is the very handle that was in that spear. The round stone from which I made that shot will be found, and east of it will be found the iron head of the spear buried in the earth ; and the uliudh [earn] of Fothadh Airgthech will be found a short distance to the east of it.
Page 292 - Locha Gile, with the mouth down, that it might not be the means of causing them to fly before the Connacians" (Translated by O'Donovan in " Hy Fiachrach,
Page 449 - Trees of this kind were regarded with intense reverence and affection ; one of the greatest triumphs that a tribe could* achieve over their enemies, was to cut down their inauguration tree, and no outrage was more keenly resented, or when possible, visited with sharper retribution.
Page 226 - ... places, Dr. PW Joyce was greatly struck with the constant occurrence of the numbers two and three, but the number two is met with more frequently than any other. Many of the triple combinations may have been given in later times in honour of, or with some reference to, the doctrine of the Trinity ; but from whatever cause it may have arisen, " certain it is, that there existed in the minds of the Irish people, a distinctly marked predilection to designate persons or places, where circumstances...
Page 11 - His successors hold the island to this day ; he was also buried therein, having died at the age of seventy-seven, about thirty-two years after he came into Britain to preach. Before he passed over into Britain, he had built a noble monastery in Ireland, which, from the great number of oaks, is in the Scottish tongue called Dearmach — The Field of Oaks.
Page 44 - Bothnrua-gcIoch, affords even a stronger confirmation. The most important of the ancient Irish roads were generally paved with large blocks of stone, somewhat like the old Roman roads ; a fact that is proved by the remains of those that can now be traced. It is exactly this kind of a road that would be called by the Irish — even at the present day...
Page 177 - In the Dinnsenchus there is an ancient poetical love story of which Cleena is the heroine, wherein it is related that she was a foreigner, and that she was drowned in the harbour of Glandore, near Skibbereen, in Cork.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, Volume 1 |
| Author | Patrick Weston Joyce |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | McGlashan & Gill, 1875 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 509 pages |
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