SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE
Louisburgh Co. Mayo

 

       

Louisburgh or Kilgeever as it used to be known, is a beautiful small town with lots of character. The surrounding townlands are packed full of history and charm. Below is a little snippet of the local areas, along with their meaning and alternative names according to the Ordanance Survey Field Name Book 1837. It makes for a pleasurable read, enjoy!

 

 

Place:

 

 

Alternative Name(s)

 

Meaning/Translation

Aillemore

Aill Mhór

great cliff or bank

Askillaun

Ascaileán

litte armpit, nook, or angle

Bundorragha

Bun Dorcha

dark base

Bunowen

Bun Abhann

rivermouth

Cahir

Cathair

a stone fort

Carrowclaggan

Carrowenclaggan

 

Carrowmore

Ceathramhadh Mhór

great quarter

Carrownisky

Ceathramhadh an Uisce

quarter of the water

Claggan

Claigeann

a round, rocky hill

Clooncarrabaun

Cluain Chearabáin

Cearban's lawn or meadow

Cloonlaur

Cluain Láir

middle lawn or meadow

Cloonty

Cluainte

lawns, or green spots of land

Corrydavit

Coire Dáibhid

David's cauldron (or salt pan)

Cregganbaun

Creagán Bán

white rock

Cregganacapall

Creagán na gCapall

little rock of the horses

Devlin

Duibh-Linn

black pool

Dooghmakeon

Dumha Mhic Eoghain

MacKeon's sandbank

Emlagh

Imleach

a holm or marsh verging on a lake

Fallduff

Fál Dubh

black hedge or enclosure

Feenone

Fíneamhain

osiers

Formoyle

Formaol

a round hill

Glen (clare Is)

Gleann

a valley

Glencullen

Gleann Cuilinn

holly-glen

Glenkeen

Gleann Caoin

beautiful glen

Glenummera

Gleann Iomartha

glen of the playing

Inishdalla

Inis Deala

Deala's Island (Deala was one of the Tuatha De Danaan)

Inis Deigil

Inishdegilbeg

Little Inishdegil

Kilgeever

Cill Ghaobhair

Geevar's church

Killadoon

Coill a' Dúin

wood of the fort

Kinnock

Cionn a' Chnuic

head of the hill

Kinnakillew

Cionn na Coilleadh

head of the wood

Knockeen

Cnoicín

little hill

Lackakeely

Leac a' Chaolaigh

flagstone of the slender sticks

Laghta Oughter

Leachta Uachtair

upper monument

Lecarrow

Leath-Cheathramhadh

half-quarter

Legan

Liagán

a standing-stone

Lettereeragh

Leitir Iarach

the western spewy hillside

Loughnamucka

Loch na Muice

the lake of the pig

Moneen

Móinín

a small bog

Mweelin

Maoilinn

a hill-top

Oldhead

Sean-Cheann

Old head

Roonah

Ruadhan Áith (Átha

red land of the ford

Roonkeel

Ruadhán Caol

narrow red stripe of land

Sixnoggins

Na Sé Cnaigín

the six naggins of land (there are a gallon, a pottle, a pint and a naggin of land)

Srahnacloy

Srath na Cloiche

holm of the stone

Srahnanagh

Srath na nEach

holm of the horses

Srahnashasky

Srath na Seascaigh

holm of the sedge

Srahrevagh

Srath Riabhach

grey holm

Srahroosky

Srath Rúscaigh

holm of the marsh

Srahwee

Srath Bhuidhe

yellow strath or holm

Thallabawn

Talamh Bán

white land

Tawnydoogan

Tamhnaigh Dubhgáin

Doogan's field

Tawnyinlough

Tamhnaigh Fhionnlocha

field of the white lake

Tawnymackan

Tamhnaigh Meacan

field of the parsnips

Tawnynoran

Tamhnaigh an Fhuaráin

field of the cold well

Teevnabinnia

Taobh na Binne

side of the peak

Tonatleva

Tóin a' tSléibhe

bottom of the mountain

Tooreen

Tuairín

a small bleach or green field

Tully

Tulaigh

a hill

Uggool

Ug Úl

a hollow? (Recte Accomhal, old Irish, meaning a junction or connecting piece of Land)

 

 

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