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ordinary name for the outer side or " stock " of a bed, and means a " bench " 

 in earlier Irish. The point of the promontory is named — 



23. gob 6.' Cotb^., " beak of the Colbha." 



24. U6.n6it>e t1iocl<Mf, " the shoals of Nicholas," a row of rocks covered at 

 high water, west of 5°t> *>' Col66. The foreshore over against these is 

 named — 



25. bun 6.' SjAiTOAin, " the foot of the little waterfall." 1 In the little 

 bay west of An CoVb&. 



26. pone hie, Portlea. I have no explanation of lice. 



27. pott ti«. n g&.rhn.M'd, " pool or hole of the calves." At the north of 

 the long beach of pone lice, g^™* 1 *- 1 * = 5&™ti&, gen. pi. of 56.rh6.1n, "a 

 grown calf." In most parts of Connacht, a short vowel ending, as in j^mna., 

 is often closed with an added y (i). 



28. Le6.c 6.' pniorum, Zeckaprison, " the flagstone of the prison." 



29. Ailt An "F6.c6.ij, Allanahy, " the giant's cliff." 



30. t,eic a' bi-1-o," flagstone of the boat," close to Aitt 6-n F6.C6.15 on the 

 north.'** 



31. An Ca-l/vo beA-j, " the little haven," close to tkc Con]i6J6.m on the 

 south. Ca.16.-6 originally an adjective, " hard, firm." Then " firm land," as 

 distinguished from soft marshy land on the bank of a stream or lake ; hence 

 the "callows" of the Shannon. Then "a landing-place," and so finally a 

 small haven on the sea-coast. 



32. U&.C (or 1l6.ice) C0nn6.56.1n, Ooghcorragaun. I have no explanation 

 of the second word, which may be a personal name. 



33. An Le&c TTIon, " the great flagstone," north of U&c C0nn6.56.1n. 



34. U&ice T)6.rh6.m, "the deep cove," takes the place of the Ordnance 

 Survey name Ooghanloughan (apparently for U6.ice An toc&m, " the cove of 

 the lakelet [rock-pool ?] ," not recognized by my guide). 



35. Le&c n& Cne6.tn6.15e, the second place so named, north of 116-ice 

 ti)6ni6.in. 



36. 116.1'c n& tTl6.n6. (i.e. 1l6.ic tTlic ti«. 1T)6.n6.), OogJimacnamara, 

 " Mae Namara's cave." The surname Mac Namara, originally Mae Con 



1 " ScAp-OAti, a small cascade. An e&y is formed by a river ; a fCAjTOAn by a stream or r/eATiAn. 

 When rivers decrease in summer, their ear a become -pcAjvo&in. Old Cormick, ofErris " : O'Donovan, 

 Supplement to O'Reilly's Dictionary. " Killough (otherwise Port St. Arne) . . . in the county of 

 Down. . . . There is a remarkable well here called St. Scordin's Well, and highly esteemed for the 

 extraordinary lightness of its water. It gushes out of a high rocky hank close upon the shore, and 

 is observed never to diminish its quantity in the driest season " : " Encyclopaedia Britannica," fourth 

 edition. The saint's name, still spoken of in the locality, seems to have grown out of the name of the 

 well, probably col>A)\ a' fgAjroAin. S5AP7065, equivalent to rgArvoin, is the name of a stream 

 falling from the cliff a little west of the outlet of Owenmore river, on the south side of Clare Island. 

 The basis of these words is rSAjvo = " squirt, gush, vomit," etc., verb |'5A]VOAim. 



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