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In Louth, Dee, da abh, double water. Dee is the name of a river 

 in Cheshire and of several rivers in Scotland. 



In Cavan, Annalee, an liath, the hoary river. 



In Down, Bann, a bend or hinge ; Lagan, a hollow. 



In Longford, Camlin, cam, crooked — the Cam of Cambridge — and 

 linn, a pool. 



The streams and rivers of Ireland perpetuate purely Gaelic names, 

 names which occur in the Topography of England and Scotland, and 

 which tell that the same people in ages, however remote, gave names 

 to the streams and rivers of the British Isles. 



The names of the Irish lochs are generally traceable to Gaelic. 



In Fermanagh are Loch Erne, iar an, the loch of the west river ; 

 Melvin, meall, a mass or heap, and min, soft, nieall, mhin ; Gill, the 

 Loch Goil of Scotland, from goil to boil. 



In Mayo are Loch Conn, Loch Cuan, the loch of the ocean ; 

 Mask, measca, mixture or confounding ; Loughrea, riach, riabhach, 

 grayish loch. 



In Clare, Loch Roe, ruadh, the reddish loch ; Loch Derg, red, the 

 red loch ; Loch Doo, dubh, the black loch. 



In Kerry, Loch Allua, allaidh, savage or wild loch. 



In Cavan, Loch Ouchter, uachdar, upper, the upper loch ; Loch 

 Sheelin, sith pass, linn, pool or water; Loch Neagh, loch n' eathach ; 

 Loch Gur, gair, gearr, short ; Loch Foyle, feabhail, fuail, water ; 

 Loch Suilly, suileach or sailecch. 



The names of the islands that lie along the Irish coast are also 

 Gaelic, e.g. : 



Rathlinn, rath, defence or way, and linn, pool. 



Innistrahull, innis tri chaoil, the island of the three straits. The 

 last syllable, caol, is the first syllable in Calais, and is identical with 

 Caol in the Kyles of Bute, and in Caol Isle, &c. 



Torry Island, on the western coast, from torr, a heap. 



Inishbofin, innis bofin, cow white as milk : island of the milk or 

 white cow. 



Inishfree, freadh, plundering : the island of plundering. 



North Inniskea, stjiath, a wing; Skye in Scotland : the island of 

 the wing. 



South Inniskea : island of the wing. 



Innisturk, tore, a boar : the island of the boar. 



