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Strange Irish Place Names

RATM · 2008-05-16 21:45:02

Right looking for the wonderful and weird on Irish place names, I'll kick it off but Im sure these are going to get topped.... Maam, Co. Galway Moneygold, Co.Sligo Lettermacaward, Co.Donegal Kilmucridge, Co.Wexford and the piece de resistance.... Newtownpothouse, Mallow, Co.Cork like what were they smoking down there....?!…

16-05-2008 9:45pm

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Right looking for the wonderful and weird on Irish place names, I'll kick it off but Im sure these are going to get topped....

Maam, Co. Galway

Moneygold, Co.Sligo

Lettermacaward, Co.Donegal

Kilmucridge, Co.Wexford

and the piece de resistance....

Newtownpothouse, Mallow, Co.Cork

like what were they smoking down there....?!
Is the translation something like Baile Nua Teach na Spliffini?!

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#2 16-05-2008 9:45pm

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Bang!

Dick City

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#3 16-05-2008 9:48pm

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muff, co. donegal

bastardstown, co. wexford

termonfeckin, co. louth

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#4 16-05-2008 9:58pm

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RATM wrote: »

Newtownpothouse, Mallow, Co.Cork

like what were they smoking down there....?!
Is the translation something like Baile Nua Teach na Spliffini?!

Thats a funny one, never heard of that place before.

Horse and Jockey in County Tipperary is a strange enough name for a village I think.

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#5 16-05-2008 9:59pm

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admiralofthefleet wrote: »

termonfeckin, co. louth

AH FECK ! I knew someone would come up with that one, Im from real near there. It might interest you to know one of the writers of Father Ted is also from the area, might explain the constant use of the word Feck !

I nearly crashed my car once late at night when I bent my neck to have a double take at the Muff road sign upon entering said Muff years back:D

I remember it was a bit of welcome relief to enter Muff having been pulled over by 6 Brit soldiers with guns pointing at my car in Derry quite late on a Sunday night only an hour previous......

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#6 16-05-2008 10:01pm

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nobber, co meath

hospital, co limerick

kilbrittian, co cork

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#7 16-05-2008 10:03pm

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Stillorgan is pretty odd when you think about it.

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There's a place in England called Lunt....... local hooligans keep changing the 'L' to a 'C' on the signs:D:D

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There's a place in Kerry called Skull. Nice place too.

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#10 16-05-2008 10:10pm

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admiralofthefleet wrote: »

nobber, co meath

hospital, co limerick

kilbrittian, co cork

Coming back at ya with Sallys Gap, Co.Wicklow and Cock Hill, Stamullen, Co.Meath.

If truth be known a mate of mine lives in Cock Hill in Co.Meath which should be quite embarrassing but not as embarrassing as one of her neighbours whose name is Richard Ryder !

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Rhyme wrote: »

There's a place in Kerry called Skull. Nice place too.

That's in Cork...

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Kilcock.
Ballsbridge.

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#13 16-05-2008 10:15pm

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alancork wrote: »

There's a place in England called Lunt....... local hooligans keep changing the 'L' to a 'C' on the signs:D:D

Haha try ****ing in Austria for size

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ing%2C_Austria

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Dublin..

.. cracks me up every time!

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longwood, co meath

kill co kildare

and the boards archive

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#16 16-05-2008 10:26pm

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alancork wrote: »

That's in Cork...

Ah, i stand corrected. 'The South' tends to blend into one area when you're 8.

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#17 16-05-2008 10:30pm

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Leopardstown.
Punchestown.
Dolphin's Barn.
Birr.
Windgap, in Waterford I think.

And another thing: it's not Irish but what dullard decided to name the country "Iceland"? Great, poetic leap of the imagination there. It would be like calling Ireland "Grassland" or "Rainland".

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#18 16-05-2008 10:36pm

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How about BlueBalls in Co. Offaly.....;)

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Rhyme wrote: »

There's a place in Kerry called Skull. Nice place too.

alancork wrote: »

That's in Cork...

... and it's Schull!

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Ballynob in Tipperary

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Nobber, Meath

EDIT: already mentioned

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Effin, Co Limerick

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Mooncoin - Co Kilkenny

Kilmacow - I think that's Kilkenny too

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villages in westmeath called Crazy corner and Pass-if-you-Can, no joke :eek:

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rossie1977 wrote: »

villages in westmeath called Crazy corner and Pass-if-you-Can, no joke :eek:

pics or gtfo

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#27 16-05-2008 11:23pm

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How about Ticknock (Dublin Mountains)
There's also an ancient tomb in North County Dublin
called Fourknocks

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Knicker is in Co Limerick

Knicker National School

There's also a Kilmacow and a Kilmacat in Limerick

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Cum, Lahardaune, Co Mayo (imagine that on your CV!)
or Gowel, Swinford, Co Mayo

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Mirror wrote: »

pics or gtfo

northeast corner http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrignafoy/1010186252/

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rossie1977 wrote: »

northeast corner http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrignafoy/1010186252/

Methinks theres now gonna be a fleet of boy racers in Nissan Micras with 'No Fear' and 'Turbo' stickers attached heading down to Co.Westmeath to check out 'Crazy Corner' and 'Pass-if-you-Can' tomorrow night:D

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Some place in Sligo is, apparently, called "tub of curry", or some such nonsense...

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Granny, Co.Waterford

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Kilcock, Co. Kildare. It's even better backwards.

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RATM wrote: »

and the piece de resistance....

Newtownpothouse, Mallow, Co.Cork

It's actually Newtwopothouse, I live near there!

Other weird names:
Ovens, Co. Cork
Skaheenarinky, Co. Tipp (not sure if I've spelt that right!)
Crinkle, Co. Offaly
Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois
Emo, Co. Laois
Doohamlet, Co. Monaghan

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Burnfoot, Donegal

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Killballyquilty in Waterford

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Nobber in Meath. Even has an estate called Muff Crescent.

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obl wrote: »

Some place in Sligo is, apparently, called "tub of curry", or some such nonsense...

tubbercurry. i think it was named before the supermacs phenomenon though!

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How about stepaside , now that's a stupid name why not 'step aside or I'll batter ye' or 'sidestep' or something like that.

One of my all time favourites is collon on the N3.
What's that extra L all about :eek:

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Killinaspick.....Co. Tipp

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KBarry wrote: »

Mooncoin - Co Kilkenny

Kilmacow - I think that's Kilkenny too

ha my home towns!!

philbuckstown is funny thats in killkenny to!

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blue-army wrote: »

Granny, Co.Waterford

Granny is in Kilkenny.

I think Pettigo in Donegal and Tang in Westmeath are funny names.

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Jeapy wrote: »

tubbercurry. i think it was named before the supermacs phenomenon though!

ya there's another village in Sligo near to Tubbercurry called Curry.

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A lot if not all of the examples in this thread are just bastardizations of the original name in Irish

Bring back Irish placenames I say, often they are much more attractive. And you can relate to the local area and understand where the name originally came from

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#49 17-05-2008 2:05pm

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Cue Daingean Ui Chuis / Dingle debate....

*leaves room*

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co mayo and co cork

ones a salad dressing, the other is for wine bottles.

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micmclo wrote: »

A lot if not all of the examples in this thread are just bastardizations of the original name in Irish

Bring back Irish placenames I say, often they are much more attractive. And you can relate to the local area and understand where the name originally came from

Have a look here and see the names as gaeilge http://www.logainm.ie/?uiLang=en

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