EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH ISLES BY CELTS. 325 
In Londonderry are Roe, ruadh, red; Foyle, Feabhal, fua/, water ; 
Cas, rapid ; Esk, wisge, water,—the name of a river that occurs in 
England and Scotland. 
In Donegal are the rivers Finn, pale, white ; Suilly, sweleach, 
sparkling, or saileach, willowy. 
In Tyrone are Derg, dearg, red ; Mourne, muirn, delight. 
In Fermanagh are Erne, iar an, the west river; Arney, iar an, 
diminutive west river. 
In Sligo, Gara, garbh, rough ; Easkey, wisge, water; Avengorm, 
the blue river. 
In Mayo are Bangor, beann «har, mountain-winding ; Adar, ath, 
a ford, and dara, an oak, oak ford. 
In Galway, Suck, suction, drawing, and Clare, flat or even, clar. 
In Clare, Fergus, fear, person, one, gus, face; Dombeg, dom, a 
house or town, bush, and beg, small ; Shannon, sean, old, amhainn, 
the old river. 
In Limerick, Maig, pride or proud gait; Deel, daol, a leech; 
Starr, storr, rugged. The river Storr occurs several times in 
England. 
In Kerry, Feale, fuwal, water; Flesh, fleasc, lawn or fleasg, mois- 
ture, fliuch; Lanne, linnhe, a pool; Roughty, roichteadh, a great 
cry, noise; Avenbui, the yellow river. 
In Cork, Lee, iath, hoary, a word which occurs often in the river- 
names of England and Scotland; Bandon, ban, white, and donn, 
brown (perhaps); Islin, zs wisge, water, and linn, pool, water-pool. 
In Waterford, Suir, water or river. 
In Wexford, Barrow, bearbha, still water ; Slanley, slan, sound, 
entire ; Bann, a bend or hinge. 
In Tipperary, Arra, a, water, and reidh, smooth, the smooth 
water. Arra is identical with Aire in Yorkshire, with Aray in 
Argylshire, and Ayr in Ayrshire ; Tar, across or tara, quick ; Nier, 
an var, west. 
In Kilkenny, Nore, an fheoir, the grass. 
In Wicklow, Avenmore, the large river. 
In Dublin, Liffey, iath, hoary, and buidhe, bhuidhe, yellow, the 
hoary yellow river ; Dour, dobhair, water ; the Dover of England, 
and Dour in Aberdour, and Calder, &c., in Scotland. 
In Meath, Aney, amhainn an, diminutive of rivers; Boyne, 
boinne, drop or water. 
