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Irish enough to be able to twist an unfamiliar word into one more familiar to 

 himself. 



75. Aill a.' 5ina-nna.rha.in, Allagreenramaun, "cliff of the ( . . . ?)." 

 No explanation of 5nia.nna.iiixMn (not -ma.m) was forthcoming. It may be 

 the name of a fish or bird, or perhaps a frequentative form of the verbal 

 noun 5r.iA.nnu§<y6, " sunning, basking in the sun," as rnje&CAn of mje, 

 "washing," rnioma-can of fnioiii, " spinning." The writing of m for fh is 

 further evidence of a certain degree of acquaintance with the writing of Irish 

 on the part of the person who collected the names for the Ordnance Survey, 

 since tii has the sound of w or v, retaining, however, the nasal quality in 

 accented syllables. 



76. An glaq-eilean IYIoji, " the great green island," sea-rock at western 

 end of Aill a.' Jt" a-nn a.m a.m . "Wrongly named on 0. S. map Glassillangaraltagh, 

 for 5l&ifeile*\n Vi * nS^r^t^C' already located (60). 



77. An gl^f 61 ^^ 1 ^ e ^3>" the little green island," sea-rock south of a.n 

 5l&ifeilea.n 1T)6n, and named Glassillan only on the map. 



78. Ton a.' Ua.ba.iji, " butt of the tower," the sea-front near the old Signal 

 Tower. Ua.ba.f is merely the English word in Irish guise. 



79. U6n *Oa/ba.c, "butt of tubs." T)aba.c means also "a flax-dam" 

 (O'Donovan, Supplt.). The 0. S. version Tonadowhy may stand for Uon na. 

 ■0a.b4.1ce (-oa.ibce), with genitive singular instead of genitive plural. 



80. Aill a.' bjieam 111 on, "great cliff of the pin," overlooking the little 

 bay south of the Signal Tower, b11ea.11, dialect-form of bionan, "pin." 



81. Aill a.' bnea-m bea.5, "little cliff of the pin," further south over the 

 same bay. 



82. 11a. Leacojai, "the flagstones," promontory south of the same bay. 



83. bo-o a.' ltlana.15, Budawanny, a high pinnacle on a narrow 

 promontory. bot> = membrum virile; a.' ltla.na.15, "of the monk." 



8-i. Ca.jq1a.15 11a. mbfoll, C'arricknamrol, "rock of the lamentations?" 

 O'Eeilly has biqqiat " loud lamentation, a roar of grief," bunna-lac 

 " obstreperous in grief." Ca.ffa.15 na mbtiffal would pass easily into C. 

 11a. bf oil in ordinary speech ; as in Aran Is. mru^a for 1T1nnca.t>, brirta^; for 

 111uif ceafcac. 



85. An Cfomall, "the stooping cliff," over the inlet south of bow a.' 

 lila.na.15. 



86. 11a. Ca-iple Coffaca, "the unsteady horses," rocks on the shore, on 

 the north side of the south-western promontory of the island. 



87. Ceann a.' cSeniroile, Rinatevdilla, " head of the beetle," sometimes 

 translated "Beetle Head" by the islanders. " Semi-oile female (read 

 female ?), a beetle for beetling clothes " (O'Donovan, Supplt.). 



