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Strange Irish Place Names

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  • #32
    RATM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭RATM


    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


  • #33
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Drumshanbo....


  • #34
    tolosenc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


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


  • #35
    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    Granny, Co.Waterford


  • #36
    EamonnKeane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 950 ✭✭✭EamonnKeane


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


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  • #37
    KnifeWRENCH
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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


  • #38
    Aminah Aggressive Meteorologist
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    Burnfoot, Donegal


  • #39
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,188 ✭✭✭jos28


    Killballyquilty in Waterford


  • #40
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


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


  • #41
    Jeapy
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Jeapy


    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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  • #42
    slingshotninja.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭slingshotninja.


    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:


  • #43
    halfinch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 192 ✭✭halfinch


    Killinaspick.....Co. Tipp


  • #44
    RxQueen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,821 ✭✭✭RxQueen


    KBarry wrote: »
    Mooncoin - Co Kilkenny

    Kilmacow - I think that's Kilkenny too

    ha my home towns!!

    philbuckstown is funny thats in killkenny to!


  • #45
    Nightwish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    blue-army wrote: »
    Granny, Co.Waterford

    Granny is in Kilkenny.

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


  • #46
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    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.


  • #47
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Hackballscross
    Co. Louth


  • #48
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    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


  • #49
    RATM
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    Cue Daingean Ui Chuis / Dingle debate....

    *leaves room*


  • #50
    df1985
    Registered Users Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭df1985


    co mayo and co cork

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


  • #51
    Rosalie Odd Television
    Posts: 0 ✭ Rosalie Odd Television


    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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  • #52
    waxon-waxoff
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭waxon-waxoff


    "Me anus" in Co. Limerick
    "Fairymount" in Co. Roscommon, Irelands gayest village


  • #53
    stevecrow74
    Registered Users Posts: 570 ✭✭✭stevecrow74


    RATM wrote: »
    Haha try ****ing in Austria for size

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

    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


  • #54
    EcoGirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭EcoGirl


    Man O'War and Bog O'The Ring - both up near Balbriggan/Naul in North County Dublin


  • #55
    djfitzerjnr
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭djfitzerjnr


    Creegh, co. clare, but its been changed to ''pee''!!! - http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=540556855&PhotoAlbumId=960038223&PhotoId=2855224450

    and also, Cranny has been changed to ''fanny''!!


  • #56
    KBarry
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭KBarry


    stevecrow74 wrote: »
    you think that is bad..
    there's a mountain range in bavaria called Wan k

    There is a village called Wan k too. I've had my photo taken at the sign there, along with thousands of other English speakers too probably. Wonder what the locals think.


  • #57
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    FredsWebHead wrote: »
    How about BlueBalls in Co. Offaly.....;)

    Its Blueball not Blueballs.


  • #58
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Coolfancy - Wicklow or Wexford, not sure which. And of course Fethard, my fine Fethard friends.


  • #59
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,299 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    rossie1977 wrote: »
    villages in westmeath called Crazy corner and Pass-if-you-Can, no joke :eek:

    There is also a Passifyoucan - all one word - at the back of Dublin Airport.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #60
    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,450 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    I always thought the following animal themed names were strange.

    Dolphin's Barn
    Leopardstown


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  • #61
    squiggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭squiggy


    Horestown in County Wexford


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