What do these place names derive from?

TheHighest92

Here is a list of 34 Irish place names, do you know what they originally mean in Irish?

I have included the answer beside each one.

You can right all your answers if you want.


Munster

Youghal

Yew Wood

Clonmel

Honey Meadow

Listowel

Tuathal's Ringfort

Thurles

Strong fort of Eile

Tralee

Strand of the lee

Glengarriff

Rough glen

Templemore

The big Church

Cork

Marsh

Leinster

Trim

Town of the ford of elderflowers

Drogheda

Bridge of the ford

Kells

The soft city

Kilkenny

Church of Cainnech

Meath

Middle

Fingal

Foreign tribe

Navan

The cave

Mullingar

Left handed mill

Clontarf

Meadow of the bull

Ulster

Ardara

Height of the fort

Letterkenny

Hillside of the O'Cannons

Omagh

The virgin plain

Magherafelt

Plain of Fiolta

Ballymena

The middle townland

Derry

Oak grove

Belfast

Mouth of the sandbanks

Armagh

Macha's height

Downpatrick

Patrick's stronghold

Connacht

Athenry

Fort of the king

Belmullet

Mouth of the mullet

Tubbercurry

Well of the corrie

Ballymote

Town of the moat

Castlerea

Brindled castle

Ballina

Mouth of the ford

Sligo

Shelly place

Castlebar

Barry's castle

Crooked Jack

Crossmaglen is Crois Mhic Lionnáin, meaning Lennon's Cross or Mac Lionnáin's cross. Apparently there used to be a fella there sold the best poitin in the country. his legacy does not continue today, i dont reccommend drinkin the vodka in Cross

TheHighest92

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Crossmaglen is Crois Mhic Lionnáin, meaning Lennon's Cross or Mac Lionnáin's cross. Apparently there used to be a fella there sold the best poitin in the country. his legacy does not continue today, i dont reccommend drinkin the vodka in Cross

there's a good one from a neighbouring area of mine, Ardboe, 'Height of the cow' it comes from a myth that when they were building the monastery lough neagh dried up and so they had no water to mix the mortar, the locals prayed for rain, a cow then appeared out of the lough and provided them with milk to mix the mortar

MadsL

http://books.google.com/books?id=WtZdeBWU6moC&printsec=frontcover&dq=translations+brian+friel&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7eFtUtX9A8W7iwKb1ICgBQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=translations%20brian%20friel&f=false

DEFTLEFTHAND

Roscrea is "Wood of Cre". Cre is the wife of Dala after whom the Sligh Dalaighs were named. The Ancient trading routes running from Tara down the country.

Castlebar12

Castlebar is Barry's Castle

newmug

U sure about Kells? An Ceannannis mor? The main headquarters or head monastery, no?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Ballycuntybollocks translates as Baile an cuntai na bollacai or the Anglicised version is Sexytown.

wretcheddomain

Derry Spoiler:

Londonderry

HansHolzel

Muff?
Nobber?
Moll’s Gap?
Strangalowilly, Co Tyrone?
Meelick?
Mount Juliet?

newmug

HansHolzel wrote: »

Muff?
Nobber?
Moll’s Gap?
Strangalowilly, Co Tyrone?
Meelick?
Mount Juliet?

Nobber is An Obair, The Work. There are a lot of "An" places around the East. Naul is An Aul, Navan is An Uaimh, the cave, even Naas is An ais or something.

HansHolzel

Legwee, Co. Cavan?

Ringrash Road, near Coleraine?

Lousybush, Co. Kilkenny?

Cum, Co. Mayo?

who_me

Skibbereen:

Smelly water

or

Harbour of the small boats.

Guess which one the council/town are going with...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Hackballscross, Co. Louth?