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141. tannin n& C&oft&c Choice, "little cove of the blind ewe.' Tor 

 this, the O.S. map has Oomeenakinkeel, as it were tl&nrnn &' Cinn C&oil, 

 " little cove of the narrow head," but my guide rejected this name as quite 

 incorrect. It seems to have arisen from confusion with — 



142. U&ice 'n CaoiI, "the cove of the narrow passage," which in O.S. 

 spelling should have been given " Ooghinkeel," but appears on the map as 

 OogTikeel. 



143. UAnriin 5°T>c n^ 1Tlucl-&c, " the cove of Gort naMuclach." G-. naM. 

 is a stretch of land north of gob &n tl&imin. The name of the cove seems 

 to be represented on the O.S. map by Oomeengubamonemeen, 1 altogether 

 rejected by my guide, and unintelligible to me. 



144. 5&|^An, Gurraun, east of gob &n U&imin. O'Eeilly gives the 

 meanings " a grove or wood," and " mud." 



145. 5°b &n U&imin, GManoomeen, "beak of the cove," a promontory. 



146. An U&ice Le&u&n, Ooghlahan, "the wide cove." 



147. Uc-ice n& in^roi, Ooghnamaddy, " cove of the sticks," named perhaps 

 from driftwood. 



148. UAice r\6~ SoilbeAt>, Ooglmasellen (a misreading for " Ooghnaselhw ")-, 

 " cove of the fat." Soilt, f &itt, " the fat of meat." The gen. poilteA-D, for 

 •roilbe, is modern and local. See above, 129, under pope n& Cille<yo. 



149. 11&ic n& > 0]iir , e, " cove of the bramble." The 0. S. map substitutes 

 Ooghnadrishoge, representing either Uaic n& T)ni] - e6i5e, "cove of the 

 bramble," or U&.1C n& n'Oinfeoj, " cove of the brambles"; 'oppeoj; being a 

 derivative and frequent synonym of "ojn-p. West of "Oun CIoca is — 



150. Ca]iiiai5 n& tnDeAlAi je, explained to mean "rock of the ways." 



151. Thin. CIoca, Boon Cloak, "fort of cloaks (?)." An ancient 

 promontory fort. See Mr. Westropp's paper. 



152. An C&c&oin, "the chair," rock near T)un Ctoc&. 



153. pope Untnce&c, Portruckagh. I have no explanation of cfunce&c. 

 tltnce&c would mean "wrinkled, corrugated," but the two words were 

 pronounced slowly for me as written. 



154. An C^ijt.a.15 tflon, "the great rock," extending eastward from "Oiin 

 CIoca. 



155. M&.' t1Apt,& (for tl&ic 11.), Ooglmapla, " Annabella's cove." 



1 The notes from which the names on the O.S. maps were taken must have got into confusion 

 in this and other instances. I think that the notes may have contained " Gbrtnamucklaffh 11 as the 

 name of the adjacent piece of land, and " Oomeen G." as the name of the cove. But in the 

 preparation of the map, denominations of land less than townlands were generally omitted. 

 " Gortnamuchlagh" being thus ignored, when " Oomeen <?." came to he written in full, "67." 

 would be supposed to refer to the nearest name beginning with that letter among the names 

 retained, viz. Gubanoomeen. Oomeengubanoomeen, which suffered again in transcription, would 

 mean " the cove of the beak of the cove," a most unlikely name. 



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