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Drummore, trom Druim-mor, the great ridge ; Druwmboy, from 
Druim-buidhe, the yellow or aburn ridge; Drumbeg, from Drwim- 
beag, the little ridge. Doon, Dum, Downe, all corruptions of the 
Gaelic Dun, which means a castle, a fort, a mound, or earthwork. 
It appears in several places singly as Doon, and Downs, but chiefly 
as a prefix. Dunjarg, from Dun-dearg, the red fort; Dun- 
drennan, from Dun-nan-droigheann, the fort of the thorn bushes ; 
Dunmuck, from Dun-muic, the fort of the wild sow. Larg, from 
the Gaelic Zearg, meaning a hill side, the slope of a hill, rising 
ground. This is often used singly as Larg and Largs, but also 
as a prefix ; Largmore, from Learg-mor, the great slope or rising 
ground ; Largnean, from Learg-nan-ewn, the hill side of the birds, 
or abounding in birds; Larglanglee, from Learg-lan-liath, the 
home or cultivated spot on the slopes of the grey hill. Gar, Garts 
Garrow, corruptions of the Gaelic Garbh, meaning rough or 
roughness, appears pretty often; Garroch, from Garbh-ach, the 
rough field; Garlog, from Garbh-lag, the rough hollow ; 
Garcrogo, from Garbh-creagach, the rough, rocky place. The 
next prefix is the very common one of Glen, from the Gaelic 
word Glean, which signifies a small valley; Glenshinnoch, 
from Glean-sionnaigh, the valley of the foxes; Glenkil, from 
Glean-coille, tlie wooded valley. It is also met with singly 
as Glen or the Glen. Strath, from the Gaelic Srath, means a 
more extensive valley than the word Glen, and thereby of course 
not near so frequent; Strathmanna, from Srath-eannagh, the 
valley of the marsh; Strathmaddie, from Srath-madaidh, the 
valley of the wolf. The next prefix is in English, Kill, Killie, 
and Killy, which are all derived from the Gaelic Coi/le, signifying 
a wood, a forest; Killdow, from Coille-dubh, the black wood ; 
Killimore, from Coille-mor, the great forest ; Killigowan, from 
Coille-ghobhainn, the blacksmith’s wood ; very probably because 
it was from where he obtained the fuel for his forge, the black- 
smith being, of course, a very important personage in the remote 
__ ages, particularly in making the swords, dirks, &c., with which 
the Romans under Agricola, in the first century, found the Gal- 
wegians fully provided. Anock, from the Gaelic Cnoc, meaning 
a knoll or small hill, is very common; KAnockengarroch, from 
Cnoc-na-garbh, the knoll of roughness; Knockmulloch, from 
Cnoc-mulloch, the knoll’s summit ; Anocklea, from Cnoc-liath, the 
grey knoll. Loch and Lochan, which means a lake and a small 
lake, are very frequent; Lochenbreck, from Lochan-breac, the 
