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In Londonderry are Roe, ru adh, red; Foyle, Feabhal, fual, water; 

 Cas, rapid ; Esk, uisge, water, — the name of a river that occurs in 

 England and Scotland. 



In Donegal are the rivers Finn, pale, white ; Suilly, suileach, 

 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, uisge, water ; Avengorm, 

 the blue river. 



In Mayo are Bangor, beann (har, moun tain- 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, doom, a 

 house or town, bush, and beg, small ; Shannon, sean, old, amhainn, 

 the old river. 



In Limerick, Maig, pride or proud gait ; Deel, da&l, a leech ; 

 Starr, slorr, rugged. The river Sfcorr occurs several times in 

 England. 



In Kerry, Feale, fual, water ; Flesh, fieasc, lawn or Jleasg, mois- 

 ture, flinch ; Lanne, linnhe, a pool ; Roughty, roichteadh, a great 

 cry, noise ; Avenbui, the yellow river. 



In Cork, Lee, Hath, hoary, a word which occurs often in the river- 

 names of England and Scotland ; Bandon, ban, white, and donn, 

 brown (perhaps) ; Islin, is uisge, 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 iar, west. 



In Kilkenny, Nore, anfheoir, the grass. 



In Wicklow, Avenmore, the large river. 



In Dublin, Liffey, Hath, 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. 



