Clare Island Survey — Place-Names and Family Names. 3 23 



88. An Seniroile, "the beetle/' the outer rock-island of the promontory. 



89. An Seniroile be^-j, "the little beetle," the inner rock-island of the 

 promontory. 



90. An g^ifeileAn, " the green island," the peninsular extremity of the 

 promontory. 



91. be&t SeAin a' Coine, " the mouth (i.e. passage) of John of the 

 cauldron," between the outer and inner Seniroile. 



92. An be^l beAj, "the little passage," between An Seimt)ite be&g 

 and 5lAireilei.n. 



We now turn eastward along the southern shore of the island. 



93. An Leic bm-oe, Lackwee, "the yellow flagstone," a headland. 



94. Uaic An 1TI.<yois.r6 tlivje, "the otter's cave," west of — 



95. C&ji-n&is a' Cjtoi-oe, "rock of the heart," headland east of An t-eic 

 buir>e. 



96. Uaic (or Uac) "OAriiAm, " deep cove," east of Ca]1]iai5 a' Cjioroe. 



97. An UlAolAn "Dub, " the black blunt rock," indicated on 0. S. map by 

 Ooghmoijlanduff. The latter name, not used by my guide, should represent 

 Uaic ^n ITIaoIahi "Quito, " the cave of the TTlAolAn "Outo." 



98. Leic a' JioIIa tiloiji, Lackagilmore, "flagstone of the big man," 

 promontory on west side of Uaic An bAin. 5 1£I ^ A ! " servant, guide, gilly," 

 becomes (like the English " fellow ") more general in meaning when an 

 adjective is added. 



99. Uaic An bAit>, "the boat's cove," deep cove at the end of the townland 

 boundary between Bunnamohaun and Strake. 



100. tlAice ha IIIa'oa'o, " cove of the dogs," on the east side of the 

 promontory containing poll n* THadat). 



101. poll nA TTIa'oa'o, "hole of the dogs," otherwise poll a' tiia'oai'o, 

 "hole of the dog," a cavern extending from the east side of tlAice nA 

 m at) Ait) eastward about halfway through the promontory, then upward till 

 it opens on the flat top of the promontory. It is flooded below at high water. 

 My guide explained the name by saying that dogs to be destroyed were 

 thrown down the hole, but the O.S. version of the name, Pollawaddy = poll 

 a' mAtiAiT), has only one dog in view. 



101 a. Ooghganny, as placed on the O. S. map, seems to be the name of 

 tlAice nA tTI&'OA'o, but is perhaps misplaced. It was not given by my guide. 

 Synonyms used by different persons are not impossible. See VJac JAini-o, 

 46. 



102. TJac L&cnAc, marked Ooghtiahaiona on O.S. map. I do not know 

 what lAcnAc means. 100 A. Ooghnahavma = Uaic nA hAonA, is evidently 

 a genuine name, " cove of the river," as one of the main streams of the island 



