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In Limerick, Kenry, ceann righ, king’s head. 
In Clare, Ennis, pasture, innis; Kilrush, cod ros, the wood of 
the promontory ; Killale, da dua, the cell or wood of the two heaps; 
Dromore, the large ridge; Ballyveaghan, bhragin, few, the town of 
the few ; Killediseirt, the wood of the desert. Galway ; Kenmarra, 
ceann mara, the head of the sea; Gort, garden, standing corn ; 
Oranmore, odharunmor, the large cow parsnip; Glenamaddy, the 
glen of the dogs. 
Mayo, Ballyhannis, sanas, the town of the warning; Ballina, ath, 
the town of the ford; Killamagh, the wood of the plain. 
Sligo, Dromore, the large ridge; Drumkeeran, druim citar, the 
dusky ridge. 
Leitrim, Carrick, a rock, carraigq. 
Tyrone, Strabane, the white strath; Omagh, the beautiful plain 
or the plain of yew trees; Aughnacloy, the field of the stone. 
Donegal, Malin, Maolan, bare, Mull; Donros, dun ros, the fort 
of the promontory ; Leck = a stone; Innishowen, Owen’s isle. 
Londonderry, Limavaddy, the dog’s leap; Kilrea, riabhach, the 
grayish wood ; Tobermore, the large well. 
Kildare, Clane, cluain ; Athy, ath, a ford; Ballytore, the town of 
the boars. 
Tipperary, Ballina, ath, the town of the ford; Roscrea, rus criadh, 
promontory of clay ; Cahir, a city. 
Antrim, Port Rush, ro/s; Carrickfergus, the rock of Fergus ; 
Cruwlinn, crom, bending, linn, pool ; Lisburn, dios, garden or fort, 
burn, water. 
Down, Bangor, teann char, the bend of the hills; Dundurm, the 
foot of the ridge ; Ardglass, g/as, the grey height. 
Meath, Dunleek, dun leac, the foot of the stone; Drogheda, drochaid 
ath, the bridge of the ford ; Dunboyne, dun boinne, the fort of the 
Boyne. 
Wicklow, Donard, dun ard, the lofty hill fort ; Ballymore, the large 
town or hamlet ; Rathdrum, rath druim, the foot of the ridge. 
Kildare, Naas, an assembly ; Ballytore. 
It may without any hesitation be asserted that, when regard 
is had to Ireland as a whole, its topographical names are more 
commonly and consistently and plainly Gaelic than those of 
either England or Scotland. It is impossible to resist the infer- 
ence that the same people who gave names to Calais and Dover and 
