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In Limerick, Kenry, cenvn righ, king's head. 



In Clare, Ennis, pasture, I'tinis ; Kilrush, colli ros, the wood of 

 the promontory; Killaloe, da lua, the cell or wood of the two heaps; 

 Dromore, the large ridge ; Bally veaghan, hhagav, few, the town of 

 the few ; Killediseirt, the wood of the desert. Galway ; Kenmarra, 

 ceann mar a, the head of the sea; Gort, garden, standing corn; 

 Oranmore, odhamnmor, the large cow parsnip- Glenamaddy, the 

 glen of the dogs. 



Mayo, Ballyhannis, sana*, 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 ciar, the 

 dusky ridge. 



Leitrim, Carrick, a rock, carralg. 



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 rois, the fort 

 of the promontory; Leek = 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 ; Bally tore, the town of 

 the boars. 



Tipperary, Ballina, ath, the town of the ford; Roscrea, ros criadh, 

 promontory of clay ; Cahir, a city. 



Antrim, Port Bush, rois ; Carrick fergus, the rock of Fergus ; 

 Crumlinn, crom, bending, linn, pool ; Lisburn, lias, garden or fort, 

 burn, water. 



Down, Bangor, beann char, the bend of the hills ; Dundurm, the 

 foot of the ridge ; Ardglass, glas, the grey height. 



Meath, Dunleek, dunleac, 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 ; Bathdrum, rath druim, the foot of the ridge. 

 Kildare, Naas, an assembly ; Bally tore. 



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 



