3 16 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



12. Loca.n Cea-nn na. Cojvji^, "the lakelet of Cea-nn na. Conna.," is a natural 

 dam formed behind the boulder-beach. Xote that Cea.nn in this name 

 remains uninflected. A somewhat similar lake in Imp 1T)ea.T>6in (Aran), 

 dammed up by a sandy beach, is called Loc Cinn 5* irn [ , "]> where Cmn is 

 genitive of Cea.nn ; Ceann 5*- 1t11 ' "headland of sand." The presence or 

 absence of inflection in such instances depends on the extent to which the 

 words forming the name are felt to be separately significant or to have 

 coalesced into a single term. 



13. Ca.|vpa.ij; na. bponc-vn, Carrichnaportaun, "the rock of the crabs," a 

 long reef running northwards from Cea.nn na. Conna, and projecting from 

 200 to 300 yards into the sea to north of Alnahaskilla. 



14. 5- i -^* n nA bAfjaitbe, the angle of land beyond which the reef 

 projects, " the fork of the oxter." Afj-MU, = " armpit," (axilla, achselgrube). 1 

 The reef is not inaptly compared to an arm held out from the body of the 

 island. The name on the Ordnance map, Alnahaskilla, stands obviously for 

 Aibb na hAr-jaitle, "the cliff of the oxter"; but my guide refused to 

 recognize it, correcting it repeatedly to the form I have given above. 



15. 1/ea.c na. Cnea.cn a.ije, Lachiacranny, " flagstone of the creathnach," 

 a low rock on the shore, west of Canpa.15 na. bponca-n. Cnea.cna.c f., gen. 

 qiea.cn a.ije, is a form of dulse (dilisc) found growing on the shells of live 

 mussels and preferred for eating to the ordinary kind that grows on rock. 



16. Uon Uuacait, " Tuathal's butt," the ground above teac na. 

 Cpea.cn aije. 



17. An Uaic[e] Oeag, Ooghbeg, "the little cave." 



18. Ainoea-lb, Ardal, " high-cliff." 



19. Triaota.n na. n-ean, "bare knoll of the birds," a rock in the sea. 

 The name on the map is Alnaiimn, representing Aibb ns. n-ea.n, " cliff of the 

 birds," but was not recognized by my guide. 



20. t-eic a.' S5a.nna.1b TTlon, Leckascannalmore, apparently = " great stone 

 of the scandal." Sga-nna-b had doubtless some other meaning, for it is 

 frequent in early Irish as a personal name, as is also its derivative Sca.nnba\n, 

 whence the surnames O S5a.nna.1l " Seannell," and O Sca.nnba.in " Scanlan." 

 A large rock on the foreshore. Beside it — 



21. Leic a.' Sgannaib Oea.5, "httle Leic-a-sgannail." Xote that in these 

 names, mop and bea.5 have not aspirated initials, though beic is feminine. 

 They are further instances of a group of words forming a noun independent 

 of accidence. 



22. An Cobba., " the bedside," the cliff and promontory west of t-ea-c a.' 

 S5a.nna.1l. Several cliffs in 1nif 1T1ea-66in are named Cobba., which is the 



1 The Old Irish word U ochtal, ozal. 



