3 18 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Mara, is found on the island. According to my guide, the correct name of 

 this cave is — 



37. t1&ic x\e>. nX)\\\.\me&ctS, "cave of the starlings." But the gen. pi. 

 •onuraeACAi is a modern colloquial form. We should probably expect Uaic 

 ha n^noo if the name were an old-established one. We found the cave 

 frequented, not by starlings, but by swallows and rock-pigeons. 



38. CA-pnAig n& Locau, "rock of the pools," on north side of the last- 

 named cave. Possibly, by some confusion, this name may have originated the 

 Ooghanloughan of the O.S. map. 



39. Leic Hi tJneAnAiU,, " O Breanaill's flagstone." The surname probably 

 represents O Breanainn, as Loch " Ennell " represents the older name loc 

 Aininn. 



40. Scocaii 1TlAi]\e I-'atja, " the heron's sea-stack." The heron, conn 

 fjlie&cog in Clare Island and the Aran Islands, is called familiarly TTlAi]>e 

 ■p&'OA, "long Mary," in Clare Island; SiobAn 'P<yo&, "long Joanna (Julia)," 

 in Aran. This rock is marked on the O.S. map by the misplaced and very 

 much mangled name, Carricharelich. 



41. *Oun Ujiaja, " fort of the strand or ebb." The O.S. map has 

 Doontraneen, presumably for THin Un«kicnin ; but my guide would not hear 

 of this name as correct. He pronounced cnAjA (gen. of cnAij) as qiAbA 

 or cj\a-u. In Omeath, Co. Louth, I heard the ancient pronunciation c]\aja, 

 with spirant 5. In South Connacht and Munster, the pronunciation is z\\k, 

 5 becoming regularly silent after a, 6, u. The place is an island at high 

 water, and the site of an ancient fort, described by Mr. Westropp, Clare 

 Island Survey, paper No. 2. 



42. > Oiin Ailte, Doonallia, " cliff fort," an ancient fort 1 on a high, almost 

 isolated, rock. Close to it on the north, three rocks in the sea are shown on 

 the map. The most westerly of these, nearest the main island, is — 



43. C&HH&15 n& 1loitle«.c, " the rock of the oyster-catchers." The 

 position assigned on the map to " Carrickarelick " shows the looseness of the 

 Survey work ; and the form given to the name is well calculated to send the 

 trustful searcher on a wild-goose chase for an ancient cemetery (jieit.15) in 

 the vicinity of " Long Mary's sea-stack." 



44. An 1lAice *6ub, Ooghduff, " the black cave." 



45. 5°h t1d.c J 6 ' 1111 ' ) "beak of Uac 5 /vmi '°>" the point apparently 

 indicated by " SraJier " on the map. Close to it, on the west — 



46. t)6.c §Ainit> or tiAice 5&init>, " cave of sand." I write j&im'd, as 

 heard, for jAinirii, gen. of 5Aine4.n1, "sand." 



47. SnACAn, Sraher, "pack-saddle," a rock in the sea at "Uac JAim-o. 



1 See Mr. Westropp's paper. 



