Cabragh; bad land.
Caher; cathair [caher], a circular stone fort.
Caherbarnagh; gapped caher or fort: (bearnach, gapped).
Caherconlish in Limerick; Cathair-chinn-lis, the caher at the head of the lis or fort.
Caherduggan; Duggan’s caher or stone fort.
Cahergal; white caher or stone fort.
Caherkeen in Cork; beautiful caher or fort.
Cahersiveen in Kerry; it exactly preserves the pronunciation of the Irish name Cathair-Saidhbhín, the stone fort of Saidhbhín; or Sabina, a woman’s name.
Cahirconree mountain near Tralee; Curoi’s caher, i.e. the celebrated chief, Curoi Mac Daire, who flourished in the first century. His caher still remains on a shoulder of the mountain.
Caldragh; Cealdrach, an old burying ground.
Callow; Cala, a marshy meadow along a river.
Callowhill; Collchoill, hazel wood (coil and coill).
Caltragh; same as Caldragh.
Calluragh; Ceallurach, an old burial ground.
Camas, Camus; anything that winds, a winding stream: from cam, crooked.
Camlin; crooked line; often applied to a river.
Camlough; crooked lake (cam and loch).
Cappa, Cappagh; ceapach, a plot of land laid down for tillage.
Cappaghbeg; little tillage-plot.
Cappaghmore, Cappamore; great tillage plot.
Cappaghwhite in Tipperary; White’s tillage-plot.
Capparoe; red plot.
Cappog, Cappoge; little cappagh or plot.
Cappoquin; Ceapach-Chuinn, Conn’s tillage-plot.
Caran, Caraun; a rocky place (from carr).
Carbury baronies in Longford and Sligo; so called because they were inhabited by the descendants of Carbery, one of the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, king of Ireland from A.D. 379 to 405.
Cargagh; a rocky place (from carraig).
Cargan, Cargin; a little rock, a rocky place.
Carha; Cairthe [carha], a pillar stone.
Carhoo; Ceathramhadh [carhoo], a quarter (of land).
Carlingford; ford is the Danish fiord, a sea inlet; the old Irish name is Cairlinn; Carlingford, the fiord of Cairlinn.
Carlow; called in Irish documents Cetherloch [Caherlough], quadruple lake (cether, four); the Barrow anciently formed four lakes there.
Carn; a monumental heap of stones.
Carnacally; the cam of the hag (cailleach).
Carnalbanagh; the carn of the Albanach or Scotchman.
Carnaun; little carn or monumental heap.
Carnnbane; white carn (bán [bawn], white).
Carndonagh in Innishowen; so called because the carn was situated in the parish of Donagh.
Carnew; Carn-Naoi [Nee], Naoi’s carn.
Carnglass; green carn.
Carnlough; the carn of the lake.
Carnnmore; great carn.
Carnsore Point. The old Irish name is carn, a monumental heap; the termination ore is Danish, and signifies the sandy point of a promontory: Carnsore is merely Carn’s ore, the ore or sandy point of the carn.
Carnteel in Tyrone; Carn-tSiadhail [Carn-teel], F.M., Siadhal’s or Shiel’s carn (s eclipsed).
Carn Tierna near Fermoy. Tighernach [Tierna] Tetbannach, king of Munster in the first century, was buried under the great carn which still remains on the top of the hill; and hence the name, signifying Tierna’s carn.
Carntogher hills in Londonderry; the carn of the togher or causeway.
Carrantuohill, the highest mountain in Ireland. It descends on the Killarney side by a curved edge, which the spectator catches in profile, all jagged and serrated with great masses of rock projecting iike teeth. Tuathail [thoohil] means left-handed, and is applied to anything reversed from its proper direction; carrán is a reaping hook; and Carrantuohill is “the reversed reaping hook,” because the teeth are on a convex instead of a concave edge.
Carrick; a rock, Irish carraig, [carrig].
Carrickbeg; little rock.
Carrickduff; black rock.
Carrickfergus; Fergus’s rock.
Carrickmore; great rock.
Carrick-on-Shannon. Carrick is here a corruption of carra, a weir; and the place took its name from an ancient weir across the Shannon . Its old anglicised name was Carrickdrumrusk, properly Carra-Drumrusk, the weir of Drumrusk.
Carrick-on-Suir; the rock of the Suir; from a large rock in the bed of the river.
Carrig; a rock, the same as Carrick.
Carrigafoyle on the Shannon, near Ballylongford; Carraig-a’-pholl, the rock of the hole; from a deep hole in the river, near the castle.
Carrigaholt in Clare; written by the F.M., Carraig-an-chobhlaigh [Carrigahowly], the rock of the fleet; and it took its name from the rock which rises over the bay where the fleets anchored. The local pronunciation of the Irish name is Carrigaholty, from which the present name is derived. Another place of the same name which preserves the correct pronunciation, is Carrigahowly on Newport bay in Mayo, the castle of the celebrated Grace O’Malley.
Carrigaline in Cork; the rock of O’Lehane.
Carrigallen in Leitrim; Carraig-áluinn, heautiful rock; from the rock on which the original church was built.
Carrigan, Carrigane; little rock.
Carrigans; little rocks.
Carrigdownane; Downan’s or Downing’s rock.
Carrigeen; little rock: Carrrigeens; little rocks.
Carrignavar in Cork; Carraig-na-bhfear, the rock of the men.
Carrigogunnell near the Shannon in Limerick; Carraig-O-gCoinnell, F.M., the rock of the O’Connells.
Carrigroe; red rock.
Carrow; a quarter (of land). See Carhoo.
Carroward; high quarter-land.
Carrowbane, Carrowbaun; white quarter-land.
Carrowbeg; little quarter-land.
Carrowcrin; the quarter-land of the tree (crann).
Carrowduff; black quarter-land.
Carrowgarriff, Carrowgarve; rough quarter (garbh, rough).
Carrowkeel; narrow quarter (cael, narrow).
Carrowmanagh; middle quarter-land.
Carrowmore; great quarter-land.
Carrownaglogh; the quarter of the stones (cloch).
Carrownamaddoo, Carrownamaddra, Carrownamaddy; the quarter of the dogs (madadh, and madradh).
Carrowntober; the quarter-land of the well (tobar).
Carrowreagh, Carrowrevagh; grey quarter (riabhach).
Carrowroe; red quarter-land.
Cartron; an Anglo-Norman word, meaning a quarter of land.
Cashel; all the places of this name, including Cashel in Tipperay, were so called from a caiseal [cashel] or circular stone fort.
Cashen river; casán a path; for this river was, as it were, the high road into Kerry.
Cashlan; Caislen, a castle.
Castlebane, Castlebaun; white castle.
Castlebar in Mayo; shortened from Castle-Barry; for it belonged to the Barrys after the English invasion.
Castlecomer; the castle of the river-confluence (comer).
Castleconnell near Limerick; castle of the O’Connings, (not O’Connells – n changed to l)
Castledermot in Kildare. The old name was Disertdermot, Diarmad’s desert or hermitage, from Diarmad son of the king of Ulidia, who founded a monastery there about A.D. 800. The present form of the name is derived from a castle built there by Walter de Riddlesford in the time of Strongbow.
Castledillon in Kildare; Irish name Disert-Iolladhan [Disertillan], Iolladhan’s or IIlan’s hermitage; and the word Castle was substituted for Disert as in last name.
Castlelyons in Cork; the castle of O’Lehane or Lyons.
Castlemoyle; bald or dilapidated castle (mael).
Castlepook; the castle of the pooka or spright.
Castlerahan; the castle of the little rath or fort.
Castlereagh; grey castle (riabhach).
Castleterra in Cavan; a corruption from the Irish Cos-a’-tsiorragh [Cussatirry], the foot (cos) of the searrach or foal. The name is accounted for by a legend about a stone with the print of a colt’s foot on it.
Castleventry in Cork; the Irish name is Caislean-na-gaethe [Cashlaunnageeha], the castle of the wind, of which the present name is a kind of translation.
Cavan; Cabhan, a hollow place. In some parts of Ulster it is understood to mean a hard round hill.
Cavanacaw; the round hill of the chaff (cáth); from the practice of winnowing.
Cavanaleck; the hill of the flag-stone.
Cavanreagh; grey hill (riabhach [reagh] grey).
Celbridge in Kildare; the cell, kill, or church, of the bridge; a kind of half translation from the original Irish name Cill-droichid [Kildrohed], the church of the drohed or bridge, which is still retained as the name of the parish, but shortened to Kildrought.
Cheek Point on the Suir below Waterford; a corruption of Sheega Point, the Irish name being Pointe-na-sige, the point of the sheegas or fairies.
Claggan; Claigeann, the skull, a round hill.
Clankee, barony of, in Cavan; Clann-an-chaoich [Clan-an-kee], the clan or descendants of the one-eyed man. They derived this cognomen from Niall O’Reilly, slain in 1256, who was called caech [kee], i.e. one-eyed.
Clanmaurice, barony of, in Kerry; the clan or descendants of Maurice Fitzgerald.
Clanwilliam, baronies of, in Limerick and Tipperary; the clan or descendants of William Burke.
Clara, Claragh; a level place; from clar.
Clare; a level piece of land (clar).
Clareen; little clar or level plain.
Clare-Galway. Irish name Baile-an-chlair [Ballinclare], F.M., the town of the plain; of which only the latter part is retained: called Clare-Galway to distinguish it from other Clares.
Clash; Clais, a trench or furrow.
Clashduff; black trench.
Clashganniff, Clashganniv, Clashganny; the trench of the sand, i.e. a sandpit (gainimh [ganniv], sand).
Clashmore; great trench.
Cleenish; Claen-inis [Cleeninish] sloping inis or island.
Cleggan; the same as Claggan.
Clifden in Galway; a very modern corruption of the Irish name Clochán, which signifies a beehive-shaped stone house.
Cliffs of Moher. The term Mothar [Moher] is applied in the south of Ireland to the ruin of a caher, rath, or fort; and on a cliff near Hag’s Head there stands an old stone fort, called Moher O’Ruan, O’Ruan’s ruined fort, from which the cliffs of Moher received their name.
Clogh; a stone; often applied also to a stone castle.
Cloghan, Cloghane, Cloghaun; a row of stepping stones across a river (from cloch).
Cloghbally; stony bally or townland.
Cloghboley, Cloghboola; stony booley or dairy place.
Cloghbrack; speckled stone.
Cloghcor; rough stone.
Clogheen; little stone or stone castle.
Clogher; generally applied to stony land - a place full of stones; but occasionally it means a rock.
Clogherbrien in Kerry; Braen’s stony place.
Cloghereen; a place full of stones (cloch).
Cloghermore; great stony place.
Cloghernagh, Clogherny; a stony place.
Cloghfin; Cloch-finn, white stone.
Cloghineely in Donegal; Cloch-Chinnfhaelaidh [Clogh-Kineely], F.M., Kineely’s or Mac Kineely’s stone. Name accounted for by a long legend. The stone which gave name to the district is still preserved.
Cloghoge; a stony place.
Cloghpook; the pooka’s or spright’s stone.
Cloghran; Cloichreán, a stony place.
Cloghvoley, Cloghvoola, Cloghvoolia, Cloghvoula; Cloch-bhuaile, stony booley or dairy place.
Cloghy; a stony place.
Clogrennan; Cloch-grianáin, the stone castle of the grianan or summer residence.
Clomantagh in Kilkenny; Mantagh’s stone castle.
Clon; a meadow. See Cloon.
Clonad; Cluain-fhada [Cloonada], long meadow.
Clonagh; Cluain-each, horse meadow.
Clonallan in Down; called by Colgan and others Cluain-Dallain, Dallan’s meadow; from Dallan Forgall, a celebrated poet of the sixth century.
Clonalvy; Cluain-Ailbhe, Ailbhe’s or Alvy’s meadow.
Clonamery; the meadow of the iomaire or ridge.
Clonard in Meath; written in Irish authorities Cluain-Eraird, Erard’s meadow. There are several other places called Clonard and Cloonard; but in these the Irish form is probably Cluain-ard, high meadow.
Clonarney; Cluain-airne, the meadow of sloes.
Clonaslee; the meadow of the slighe [slee] or road.
Clonbeg; little meadow.
Clonbrock; the meadow of the brocs or badgers.
Cloncrew in Limerick; Cluain-creamha [crawa], the meadow of wild garlic.
Cloncullen; holly meadow.
Cloncurry; shortened from Cluain-Conaire [Cloon-Conary] F.M., Conary’s meadow.
Clondalkin near Dublin; Cluain-Dolcain, Dolcan’s meadow.
Clonduff in Down; Cluain-daimh [dav], O’C.Cal., the meadow of the ox.
Clone; a meadow; same as Clon and Cloon.
Cloneen; little meadow.
Clonegall in Carlow; Cluain-na-nGall [Cloon-nungaul], the meadow of the Galls or foreigners.
Clonenagh in Queen’s County; Cluain-eidhnech, [ēnagh], O’C.Cal., the meadow of ivy. It was so called before the sixth century, and to this day it abounds in ivy.
Clones (pronounced in two syllables); Cluain-Eois [Cloonoce], F.M., the meadow of Eos [Oce], a man’s name.
Clonfad, Clonfadda, and Cloonfad; Cluain-fada, long meadow.
Clonfeacle in Tyrone; called Cluain-fiacla [feeklaj in the Book of Leinster; the meadow of the tooth.
Clonfert: the Book of Leinster writes the name Cluain-ferta, the meadow of the grave.
Clongill; Cluain-Gaill, the meadow of the foreigner.
Clongowes; the meadow of the smith (gobha).
Clonkeen; Cluain-caein [keen], beautiful meadow.
Clonlea, Clonleigh, and Cloonlee; Cluain-laegh [lee], the meadow of the calves.
Clonliff; the meadow of herbs (lubh, an herb).
Clonmacnoise; written in Irish documents of the eighth century Cluain-maccu-Nois, which was the old pagan name; and it signifies the meadow of the sons of Nos. This Nos was the son of Fiadhach [Feeagh], a chief of the tribe of Dealbhna or Delvin, in whose territory Clonmacnoise was situated.
Clonmeen; Cluain-mín [meen], smooth meadow.
Clonmel; Cluain-meala [malla], the meadow of honey (mil).
Clonmellon; Cluain-milain, F.M., Milan’s meadow.
Clonmelsh; Cluain-milis, sweet meadow (from honey).
Clonmore; great meadow.
Clonmult; the meadow of the wethers (molt).
Clonoghil; the meadow of the yew-wood (eóchaill).
Clonoulty; Cluain-Ultaigh [ulty], the Ulsterman’s meadow.
Clonshire; Cluain-siar, western meadow.
Clonsilla; Cluain-saileach, the meadow of sallows.
Clonskeagh; Cluain-sceach, the meadow of the white thorns.
Clontarf; Cluain-tarbh [tarriv], F.M., the meadow of the bulls.
Clontibret; written by the annalists Cluain-tiobrat, the meadow of the spring (tipra, same as tobar).
Clonturk, and Cloonturk; the boar’s meadow (torc).
Clonty; same as Cloonty, which see.
Clonygowan; Cluain-na-ngamhan [Cloon-nung-own], F.M., the meadow of the calves.
Clonyhurk; Cluain-da-thorc [Cloonahork], F.M., the meadow of the two boars.
Cloon, and Cloone; a meadow.
Cloonagh; the meadow of horses (each).
Cloonard; See Clonard.
Cloonawillin; Cluain-a’-mhuilinn, the meadow of the mill.
Cloonbeg; little meadow.
Clooncah; the meadow of the battle (cath).
Clooncoose, Clooncose; Cluain-cuas, F.M., the meadow of the caves.
Clooncraff; same as Cloncrew.
Clooncunna, Clooncunnig, Clooncunny; the meadow of the firewood (conadh).
Cloondara; Cluain-da-rath, F.M., the meadow of the two raths or forts.
Cloonee and Clooney; meadow land.
Clooneen; little meadow.
Cloonfinlough; the meadow of the clear lake.
Cloonkeen; Cluain-caein, beautiful meadow.
Cloonlara; the meadow of the mare (lárach).
Cloonlougher; the meadow of the rushes (luacha).
Cloonmore; great meadow.
Cloonnagashel in Mayo; ought to have been anglicised Coolnagashel, for the Four Masters write the name Cuil-na-gcaiseal, the corner of the cashels or stone forts.
Cloonshannagh, Cloonshinnagh; fox meadow (sionnach).
Cloonshee; the meadow of the fairies (sidh).
Cloonsillagh; the meadow of sallows.
Cloonteen; little meadow.
Cloonties; Cluainte, meadows (English plural form).
Cloontubbrid; same as Clontibret.
Cloontuskert; Cluain-tuaisceirt [tooskert], F.M., northern meadow.
Cloonty; Cluainte, meadows, plural of cluain.
Cloran, Clorane, Clorhane; a stony place (cloch).
Clough; a stone or stone castle.
Cloyne in Cork; shortened from Cluain-uamha [Cloonooa], as it is written in the Book of Leinster. The name signifies the meadow of the cave (uaimh); and the cave is still to be seen.
Clyduff; black dyke or mound (cladh).
Colehill; Coll-choill, hazel wood.
Coleraine. We are told in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, that a chieftain named Nadslua presented the saint with a piece of land on the bank of the river Bann, on which to build a church. It was a spot overgrown with ferns, and it happened at the moment that some boys were amusing themselves by setting them on fire. Hence the place was called Cuil-rathain [Coolrahen], which Colgan translates Secessus filicis, the corner (cuil) of the ferns.
Coolrain, Coolrainey and Coolrahnee, are similarly derived.
Collon; a place of hazels (coll).
Colp near Drogheda. According to an ancient legend, when the Milesian brothers invaded Ireland, one of them, Colpa the swordsman, was drowned at the mouth of the Boyne; hence it was called Inver Colpa, Colpa’s river mouth; and the parish of Colp, on its southern bank, retains the latter part of the name a little shortened.
Comber, Comer; the Irish word is comar, which signifies the confluence of two waters, and it is correctly anglicised Cummer and Comer in many other names.
Commaun; a little cum or hollow.
Conicar, Conicker, Conigar, Coneykeare; Cuinicér [cunnikere], a rabbit warren.
Conlig; the liag or stone of the hounds (cu).
Connello, baronies of, in Limerick. This was the ancient territory of the tribe of Hy Conall or Hy Conaill Gabra [Goura] (so written in the Book of Leinster), who were descended and named from Conall, the ninth in descent from Olioll Olum, king of Munster in the second century.
Connemara. Maev, queen of Connaught in the time of Conor mac Nessa, had three sons by Fergus mac Roy, ex-king of Ulster , namely, Ciar [Keer], Conmac, and Modhruadh, [Mōroo]. The descendants of Conmnac were called Conmnacně (ne, a progeny), and they were settled in Connaught , where they gave name to several territories. One of these, viz., the district lying west of Lough Corrib and Lough Mask, from its situation near the sea, was called, to distinguish it from tbe others, Conmacně-mara (O’Dugan: muir, the sea, gen. mara), or the sea-side Conmacne, which has been shortened to the present name Connemara .
Connor in Antrim; written Condeire or Condaire in various authorities; the derry or oak wood of the dogs (cu), or as it is explained in a gloss in the Martyrology of Aengus, “The oak wood in which were wild dogs formerly, and she wolves used to dwell therein.”
Convoy, Conva; Con-mhagh, hound plain (cu and magh).
Conwal; Congbhail [Congwal), F.M., a habitation.
Cooga, Coogue; Coigeadh [Cōga], a fifth part.
Cool, Coole; cuil, a corner, or cul, a back.
Coolattin; the corner of the furze (aiteann).
Coolavin, a barony in Sligo; Cuil-O’bhFinn [Coolovin], F.M., the corner or angle of the O’Finns.
Coolbanagher; the angle of the pinnacles. (See Banagher.)
Coolbane, Coolbaun; white corner or back.
Coolcashin; Cashin’s corner or angle.
Coolderry; back derry or oak wood.
Cooleen, little corner; Cooleeny, little corners.
Cooleeshal, Coolishal; low corner (íseal).
Cooley hills near Carlingford. After the defeat of the Tuatha De Dananns by the Milesians, at Teltown in Meath, the Milesian chief Cuailgne [Cooley], following up the pursuit, was slain here; and the district was called from him, Cuailgne, which name is still applied to the range of hills.
Coolgreany; sunny corner or back (grian, the sun).
Coolhill and Coolkill; cúl-choill, back wood.
Coolnahinch; the corner of the inis, island, or river meadow.
Coolock, Coologe; little corner or angle.
Coolroe; red corner or back.
Coom, Coombe; cúm, a hollow or mountain valley.
Coomnagoppul at Killarney; Cum-na-gcapall, the hollow or valley of the horses; from the practice of sending horses to graze in it.
Coomyduff near Killarney; Cum-ui-Dhuibh [Coomywiv], O’Duff’s valley; usually but erroneously translated Black valley.
Coos, Coose; cuas, a cave.
Coosan, Coosane, Coosaun; little cave.
Cor, Corr. This word has several meanings, but it generally signifies a round hill.
Corbaills, Corbally; odd townland: cor here means odd.
Corbeagh; round hill of the birch (beith).
Corcomohide in Limerick ; Corca-Mhuichet (Book of Lismore), the race (corca) of Muichet, one of the disciples of the druid, Mogh Ruith.
Corcomroe, barony of, in Clare; Corca-Modhruadh or Corcomruadh [Corcomrua: Book of Leinster], the race (corca) of Modhruadh, son of queen Maev. (See Connemara.)
Corcreevy; branchy hill. Craebh [creeve], a branch.
Cordangan; fortified cor or round hill.
Cordarragh; round hill of the oak (dair).
Corduff; black round hill.
Corgarve; rough round hill (garbh).
Corglass; green round hill (glas).
Corick; the meeting of two rivers.
Cork; Corcach, a marsh. The city grew round a monastery founded in the sixth century on the edge of a marsh, by St. Finbar; and even yet a part of the city is called the Marsh.
Corkagh; the same name as Cork.
Corkaguiny, barony of, in Kerry; Corca-Duibbne (divny: O’Dugan), the race (corca) of Duibhne, son of Carbery Musc, who was son of Conary II., king of Ireland from A.D. 158 to 165.
Corkaree, barony of, in Westmeath; Corca Raeidhe [Ree: O’Dugan], the race (corca) of Fiacha Raidhe [Feeha Ree], grandson of Felimy the Lawgiver, king of Ireland from A.D. 111 to 119.
Corkeeran, Corrakeeran; the round hill of the keerans or quicken trees (caerthtainn).
Corkey; the same name as Cork and Corkagh.
Corlat; the round hill of the sepulchres (leacht).
Corlea; grey round hill.
Corlough; the lake of the corrs or herons.
Cormeen; smooth round hill.
Cornacreeve; the round hill of the branchy tree (craebh).
Cornagee, Cornageeba; the round hill of the wind (gaeth).
Cornahoe; the round hill of the cave (uaimh).
Cornamucklagh; the round hill of the piggeries. See Mucklagh.
Cornaveagh; the round hills of the ravens (fiach).
Corratober; the ronnd hill of the well (tobar).
Corrinshigo, Corrinshigagh; the round hill of the ash trees.
Corrofin in Clare; Coradh-Finne [Corrafinna], F.M., the weir of Finna, a woman’s name.
Corskeagh; the round hill of the white thorns.
Coshbride, Coshlea, Coshma, baronies, the first in Waterford, the others in Limerick. Cosh (Irish cois, from cos a foot), means at the foot of, near, beside. Coshbride, the barony along the river Bride. Coshlea, cois-shleibhe [cushleva], at the foot of the sliabh or mountain, i.e. the Galties. Coshma, Cois-Maighe [ma], the barony along the river Maigue.
Craan, Craane; a stony place (from carr).
Crag, Craig; other forms of carraig, a rook,
Cran; Crann, a tree.
Cranfield; a corruption of Creamh-choill [Cravwhill], the wood (coill) of wild garlic (creamh).
Crannagh; a place abounding in cranns or trees.
Crannoge; a habitation on an artificial island in a lake.
Cranny; the same as Crannagh.
Cratloe, Crataloe; sallow wood.
Craughwell; Creamh-choill, wild garlic wood.
Crecora in Limerick; Craebh-cumhraidhe [Crave-coory] O’Dugan, sweet scented creeve or branchy tree.
Creevagh; a branchy place (craebh).
Creeve; Craebh [creeve], a branch, a branchy tree.
Creevelea; grey branch or branchy tree.
Creevy; the same as Creevagh.
Creg, Cregg; Creag, a rock.
Creggan, Creggane, Creggaun; little rock, rocky ground.
Cremorne barony in Monaghan; Crioch-Mughdhorn [Cree-Mourne], the country (crioch) of the tribe of Mughdhorna [Mourna], who were descended and named from Mughdhorn [Mourne], the son of Colla Meann, one of the three brothers who conquered Ulster, and destroyed the palace of Emania in A.D. 332.
Crew; the same name as Creeve.
Croagh; Cruach, a rick or stacked up hill.
Croaghan, Croaghaun a round or piled up hill.
Croaghpatrick; St. Patrick’s rick or hill.
Crock is very generally used in the northern half of Ireland instead of Knock, a hill.
Crockanure; Cnoc-an-iúbhair, the hill of the yew.
Crogh; the same as Croagh.
Croghan, Crohane; the same as Croaghan.
Crossakeel; slender crosses.
Crossan, Crossane, Crossaun; little cress.
Crossboyne; Cros-Baeithin, Hy F., Baeithin’s or Boyne’s cross.
Crosserlough; the cross on (air) or near the lake.
Crossgar; short cross.
Crossmaglen in Armagh; Cros-meg-Fhloinn [Cros-meg-lin: fh silent], the cross of Flann’s son.
Crossmolina in Mayo; Cros-ui-Mhaelfhina, F.M., O’Mulleeny’s or Mullany’s cross.
Crossoge; little cross.
Crossreagh; grey cross (riabhach).
Crott; Cruit, a hump, a humpy backed hill.
Cruagh; the same as Croagh.
Cruit; the same as Crott.
Crumlin, Cromlin; Cruim-ghlinn, [Crumlin], F.M., curved glen.
Crusheen; Croisin, little cross.
Cuilbeg, Cuilmore; little wood, great wood (coill).
Culdaff; Cul-dabhach [Culdava], the back (cul) of the flax-dam or pool.
Culfeightrin in Antrim; Cuil-eachtrann [Coolaghtran] the corner (cuil) of the strangers.
Cullan, Cullane, Callaun; a place of hazels (coil)
Culeen; Coillín, little wood.
Cullen; Cuillionn [Cullen], holly, holly land.
Cullenagh; a place producing holly.
Cullentra, Cullentragh; same as Cullenagh.
Cullenwaine in King’s County; Cuil-O-nDubhain [Coolōnuan], F.M., the corner or angle of the O’Duanes.
Cullion; the same as Cullen.
Cully; woodland; from coill.
Culmullen in Meath; the angle of the mill.
Cumber, Cummer. See Comber.
Curra, Curragh; currach, generally a marsh; sometimes a race course.
Currabaha, Currabeha; the marsh of the birch.
Curraghbeg; little marsh.
Curraghboy; yellow marsh.
Curraghduff; black marsh.
Cnrraghlahan, Curraghlane; broad marsh.
Curraghmore; great marsh.
Curragh of Kildare. The word here means a race course: the Curragh of Kildare has been used as a race course from the earliest ages.
Curraheen; little currach or marsh.
Curry; another form of Curragh, a marsh.
Cush. See Coshbride.
Cushendall in Antrim; Cois-abhann-Dhalla [Cush-oun-dalla], the foot or termination of the river Dall.
Cushendun in Antrim; called by the F.M., Bun-Abhaan-Duine, the end, i.e. the mouth of the river Dun; this was afterwards changed to Cois-abhann-Duine [Cush-oun-Dunny] by the substitution of Cois, the foot or end for Bun.
Cutteen; Coitchionn [cuteen], common, a commonage.