Peculiar placenames in Ireland

Hesh's Umpire · 21-04-2015 8:24am

slowburner wrote: »

Controversyland, Co. Laois.
Sounds debatable. It might also be Ullard.

I wouldn't live too far from there.
Locals would all refer to it as Ullard - I've never heard anyone say Controversyland. What a pity!

Hesh's Umpire · 11-12-2015 4:45pm

Gibraltar, Co Dublin.
A small townsland, now a housing estate on the edge of Clondalkin village.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,706245,730403,10,7

hmmm · 11-12-2015 4:51pm

The third highest mountain in Wicklow (Tonelagee) translates into Irish as Tóin le Gaoith, which is frequently translated as "ass to the wind". Not a surprise if you've ever stood on it.

http://www.logainm.ie/en/113198?s=Tonelagee

Hesh's Umpire · 15-04-2016 5:26pm

Sicily, Co Meath

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,699648,767423,8,10

Charles Babbage · 23-04-2016 11:44pm

hmmm wrote: »

The third highest mountain in Wicklow (Tonelagee) translates into Irish as Tóin le Gaoith, which is frequently translated as "ass to the wind". Not a surprise if you've ever stood on it.

http://www.logainm.ie/en/113198?s=Tonelagee

Tandragree, Co Armagh, home of proper Tayto, is Tóin re Gaoith also.

Can anyone explain why Castleblayney is missing the first Y on NI signposts?

VW 1 · 23-04-2016 11:55pm

Man o'War, Fingal, Co. Dublin.

On the phone so can't provide a link.

BonnieSituation · 03-05-2016 10:09pm

Watch House Village, Co Wexford

Across the border from Clonegal.

Mickeroo · 04-05-2016 9:43am

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Tandragree, Co Armagh, home of proper Tayto, is Tóin re Gaoith also.

Village on the currane peninsula on Mayo also has that name, spelled Tonragee. Seems to be common enough.

Fathom · 05-05-2016 11:11pm

Hill of Tara. Megalithic tomb. Iron Age. County Meath. Seat of Kings. 2500 BC. Ancient Irish religious site.

slowburner · 26-01-2017 10:21pm

Waste, Co. Wexford.
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,706606,654111,9,10

tabbey · 30-01-2017 11:32pm

Hymenstown, Co Tipperary, between Golden and Cahir.

tabbey · 31-01-2017 10:44pm

Also near Golden, a handwritten register appeared to show Ballylusty, but the OSI map shows it as Ballyhusty.

byhookorbycrook · 31-01-2017 11:00pm

Ballyhooly in North Cork, close to the house Michael Flatley bought.No real hooley town, though.

Horetown , Co. Wexford, where there used to be a riding school, seriously.

Poulacapple- the horse's hole in Co. Tipp http://tinyurl.com/jadbpsd

What about Gneeveguilla in Co Kerry, causing non locals to strain muscles to pronounce it correctly
http://tinyurl.com/ja4vjgk

slowburner · 01-02-2017 12:15am

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Ballyhooly in North Cork, close to the house Michael Flatley bought.No real hooley town, though.

Horetown , Co. Wexford, where there used to be a riding school, seriously.

Poulacapple- the horse's hole in Co. Tipp http://tinyurl.com/jadbpsd

What about Gneeveguilla in Co Kerry, causing non locals to strain muscles to pronounce it correctly
http://tinyurl.com/ja4vjgk

I once stayed in a place called Moneyhore. Also in Wexford.

I dunno, Gneeveguilla has a flow to it - to my ear.

Candlewick · 20-03-2017 8:53pm

Ballyragget is a peculiar name.

bodhrandude · 16-05-2017 10:32pm

I always wondered about this one, a strange name. Termonfeckin, County Louth. http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html

tabbey · 16-05-2017 11:08pm

Termon = place of sanctuary, Feicin -= a holy person or saint.

Termonfeckin = Saint Feicin's place of sanctuary or monastery.

BonnieSituation · 30-06-2017 2:36pm

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Tandragree, Co Armagh, home of proper Tayto, is Tóin re Gaoith also.

Can anyone explain why Castleblayney is missing the first Y on NI signposts?

Wash your mouth out.

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Bweeng (An Boinn), Co Cork

https://www.logainm.ie/en/1166983?s=bweeng

tabbey · 03-07-2017 8:39am

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Can anyone explain why Castleblayney is missing the first Y on NI signposts?

Variant spelling, Sir Edward Blayney may or may not have used it.

Logainm also gaelicises it as Caislean Bleine, although before Blayney's time the place was called Baile Leargan.

Dickie10 · 02-09-2018 5:36pm

placenames with the word TOWN in them are very common throughout Ireland, but im just wondering where are they most common and least common. Even townlands as well as towns and villages. examples are mitchelstown co cork or milltown dublin etc. i have found that there seems to be a very big absence of these names in counties cavan and lietrim.

BonnieSituation · 02-09-2018 6:17pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

placenames with the word TOWN in them are very common throughout Ireland, but im just wondering where are they most common and least common. Even townlands as well as towns and villages. examples are mitchelstown co cork or milltown dublin etc. i have found that there seems to be a very big absence of these names in counties cavan and lietrim.

That would be an interesting project for the GIS heads in here.

TheRiverman · 02-09-2018 7:05pm

America in Co.Roscommon.

slowburner · 03-09-2018 8:51am

BonnieSituation wrote: »

That would be an interesting project for the GIS heads in here.

Indeed it would.
Obviously the addition of '...town' is an anglicisation of the Irish 'baile' (often anglicised to Bally...).
It would also be interesting to see an overlay of Anglo/Irish population densities and how that compares to the frequency of places ending with '...town'.
I suppose the question for the GIS folk would be the choice of period. That could be a very challenging dataset to work with.

Hesh's Umpire · 25-04-2022 10:51am

A few kilometres north of Rathdowney, Co Laois is the townland of Akip.

As in "I live in Akip"!

john123470 · 25-04-2022 11:13am

Meanus, Co Limerick - if not already mentioned in tne thread.

There are 3 places called Meanus in Ireland, i believe

I have a pic of a man with pants peeled down by same signpost exposing his rear end

He titled it " the word made flesh in a flash"

Pic might be a bit too strong for the tender hearted to include here

Peculiar placenames in Ireland

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