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Innishorc, thorc of boars; Orkney in Scotland — Thorc innis is 

 the equivalent of innis ho re. 



The names of almost all the counties of Ireland are purely 

 Gaelic, e.g. : 



Antrim, an druim : the ridge. 



Londonderry, doire : a thicket. 



Tyrone, tir JSoghain : Owen's land. 



Donegal, dun nan grail : the hillock or fort of the strangers. 



Fermanagh, fear manach, monk, or fear magh : the grassy plain. 



Leitrim, I lath dhruim : the hoary ridge. 



Sligo, sligeach, shelly : slige, a shell. 



Roscommon, ros, a promontory. 



Mayo, magh, a plain, and o, yew or beautiful. 



Gal way, gaillimh = Gallthaobh : the border of strangers. 



Clare, even, flat. 

 • Limerick, luimneach. 



Kerry, cearraidhe, ciar, dusky. 



Core, corcach, moor, marsh. 



Tipperary, tobair, tiobraid, or tiprad, well or fountain, and ara, 

 the well or fountain of the river Ara. 



Dublin, dubh, black, and Urine, pool : the Linne of Loch Linne 

 and Roslin in Scotland, and meaning the black pool. 



Kildare, coill, a wood, and dara, oak : the oak forest. 



Meath, midhe, the neck. 



Monaghan, mineachan. 



Waterford : its Gaelic name was ath lairge, ath learga, the ford of 

 the plain. 



Armagh, ard-magh, the high plain or macha. 



Down, dun : the hillock. 



Cavan, cabhnn; a'hollow plain, a field. 



The word cluain, cluan, cluaine is often found among the topo- 

 graphical names of Scotland : it means lawn or pasture. The word 

 Clune occurs in Banff, Inverness, Perth, Ayr and Renfrew. Clune 

 mor and clune beg are in Atholl. C'lunie and Clung appear in Perth- 

 shire, Fife and Banff. Clung in Invernesshire is the name of the 

 home and title of the chief of the Clan MacPJierson. The same 

 word, cluain, occurs with exactly the same meaning in the Topography 

 of Ireland, e. y. 



Cloyne, cluain uamha, the lawn of the cave. 



