Strange Irish Place Names

Mark 00

Knockalaughta ( Knock-al-ock-ta) Ballintubber, Co. Roscommon

Ride of a place!!!

tc20

Meelick

&

Bohola


i think they are consecutive villages in Mayo, on the way to Westport...:D

kevmy

Sneem, Co. Kerry

All of Fermanagh
Belcoo, Tempo, Belleek, Drumskinny, Monea, Newtownbutler

neil_hosey

got a good laugh out of them..

thers a place in westmeath called gaybrook..



an possibly the funniest placve name i ever heard was on rte news about some CAB arrest of some ganster. The name of the place was

HackBalls Cross!

:pac:

Corruptedmorals

Blisterman wrote: »

Leopardstown

Nothing to do with leopards, it was originally Leperstown because there was a colony there.

Heisenberg.

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2-ShortDa5foot5

RATM wrote: »

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?!

It's called NewTWOpothouse, even better!

2-ShortDa5foot5

Fagg*t Hill, in Cork :pac:

Jigsaw

Borris-in-Ossory

Co Laois I think. Who was Borris and what was he doing in Ossory?

2-ShortDa5foot5

Stepaside in Dublin.

There's actually a hairdressers in Cork named this! What kind of a placename is this?! :pac:

Rashers

Poppintree in Dublin.

Aurora Borealis

Gowel in Co. Mayo

:D

Always giggle at Sneem and Tubbercurry (Supermacs anyone?!) as well...

luap_42

rainbowtrout wrote: »

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

believe it or not Curry had a sign just off the road for a swimming pool.

There's a couple of mountain peaks just south of Killarney called The Paps, only a Kerryman could come up with that one. Or Lixnaw or Poulnahaha...

The best one though is: Lyracrumpane

Overflow

Coolboy
Coolafancy
Carnew

All in Wexford me thinks.

Mahou

Knock, so crap they had to invent mad fairystories.

absorbentmind

Wait for it............Gaggin in Co.Cork

g.quagmire

Always thought Reenascreena and Union hall in Co. Cork were weird.

Stones85

Meenagrubby - Co.Donegal

Meenawanya - Co.Donegal

Bundooorrran - Donegal

Hacksballscross - Armagh some spelling like that

Gortahork - Donegal

Dungloe - Donegal

Pettigo - Donegal

Glencolmcille -Donegal

Bogside- Derry, it is weird:p

Leitrim

Castleblaney

Blarney

Tuam

Craigavon

Lurgan

Portadown

Claregalway

Gort

now that I think of it most Irish place name are weird, I feel sorry for foreigners.

Overflow

Stones85 wrote: »

Meenagrubby - Co.Donegal

Meenawanya - Co.Donegal

Bundooorrran - Donegal

Hacksballscross - Armagh some spelling like that

Gortahork - Donegal

Dungloe - Donegal

Pettigo - Donegal

Glencolmcille -Donegal

Bogside- Derry, it is weird:p

Leitrim

Castleblaney

Blarney

Tuam

Craigavon

Lurgan

Portadown

Claregalway

Gort

now that I think of it most Irish place name are weird, I feel sorry for foreigners.

and that was just off the top of your head.

Stones85

Overflow wrote: »

and that was just off the top of your head.

Ah it took a minute or two...

bedjy

Adam wrote: »

Kilcock.
Ballsbridge.

i live in kilcock

it leads to a lot of slaggings:mad:

MayoForSam

Oola, Co Limerick.

Heard a story once about two pretty dim US lady tourists who were looking for this place. They stopped a local farmer and asked him "Excuse me sir, can you give me directions to Zero Zero L.A.?".

Come to think of it, I myself live in L.A. Valley (Lavally, Co. Galway).

grenache

tc20 wrote: »

Meelick

&

Bohola


i think they are consecutive villages in Mayo, on the way to Westport...:D

There's a Meelick in Clare too, just outside Limerick City.

MayoForSam wrote: »

Oola, Co Limerick.

APPLES APPLES APPLES APPLES APPLES AAAPPPLES!!!!!!!!

RATM wrote: »

Newtownpothouse, Co.Cork

Its Newtwopothouse, which is even weirder still.

Another few....

Duagh (pronounced Dooaaah), Co Kerry

Lyracrompane, Co Kerry

Sneem, Co Kerry

Pike of Rushall, Co Laois

Glenamaddy, Co Galway

Coagh (pronounced Coke), Co Tyrone

Dunamaggin, Co Kilkenny

Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan

Termonfeckin, Co Louth

Reamer Fanny

ffrench roundabout near ballybrit in galway, a roundabout so good they decided to spell it wrong

martyboy48

justryan wrote: »

ffrench roundabout near ballybrit in galway, a roundabout so good they decided to spell it wrong

Spelt correctly... Refer to city of the tribes...

Hyperbullet

Kilmore: thats in Wexford I think

Boston: Co. Clare

Feakle: also in Clare

Kalashnikov_Kid

Hackballscross, Co. Louth

Splott (a roughish suburb of Cardiff)

And there's a little village in Surrey called Compton - I crack up everytime I pass it!

wexican

Bastardstown in South Wexford

Camolin in North Wexford

Oulart in North Wexford

Buffer's Alley in North Wexford

tatabubbly

Aminah Aggressive Meteorologist wrote: »

Burnfoot, Donegal

Defo.... crolly is another one..

Sam Kade

stevecrow74 wrote: »

you think that is bad..
there's a mountain range in bavaria called Wan k


spa, co kerry
leap, co cork
riverstick, co cork
the halfway, co cork
fivemilebridge, co cork
sixmilebridge, co clare (they had to get the extra mile in)
newtownmountkennedy, co wicklow
newtowncunningham, co donegal
kilcar, co donegal
mountcharles, co donegal
kill, co kildare
killaloo, co derry
killashandra, co cavan
killnaboy, co clare
ballybogey, co antrim
dunnamaggan, co killkenny
molls gap, co kerry
glebe, co galway
ballyspittle, co cork
camp cross, co kerry
derrynagooley, co mayo
emo park, co laois
hugginstown, co killkenny
irishtown, co mayo
limerick junction, co tipperary
mace upper, co mayo
macroom, co cork
milford, co cork
nine mile house, co tipperaray
owning, co, killkenny
piltown, co kilkenny
prosperous, co kildare
tang, co westmeath
waterloo, co cork
yellow furze, co meath

It's Ballinspittle. Wasn't there a thread like this here before?