3 30 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



19S. Le^n-s n-j-bp oil, "marsh of the holes," a marshy place near Cs.oln.i-c. 



199. Le.sc a' jle-Min-s, "flat rock of the valley," near boc-sn n^ Leice, 

 ■which is no doubt named from it, in the valley north of Cnoc n.s. frpiAn. 



200. tllim 5l" 11 ) "hill-breast of gravel," ZST.TV. spur of Cnoc ru\ bp&n. 



201. U^ob ^' Cnuic, "side of the hill," the southern slope of Cnoc ti«. 

 bpiA.ti, north of the Gualach. In its eastern side — 



202. An "£il 5-Nnb, " the rough fence," west of which is — 



203. An "{Til 11]i, "the fresh or grassy fence." This and the preceding 

 name are now given to stretches of land. 



204. b-snn *' Sjonnpa., " top of the dry-stone fence (sconce)," the high 

 ground north of U^ob ^n Cnuic, rising towards — 



205. be-scin, " the beacon (?)," the hilltop marked 692 ft., north of the 

 dividing line between Glen and Kill townlands. 



206. DiSile TiA Cille^t), 1 Kill, " towrdand of the old church or church- 

 yard." In its north-east corner — 



207. b_\nn _\' b^ile, " head of the towrdand." The hill north of this is— 



208. Cnoc .mi ■peoc&m, "hill of the storm." South of b.snn ^' b^ile, 

 at the road, is — 



209. An pAinc 111 on, "the great park or grass-field." South of this, 

 towards the sea, adjoining pope U&inb, is — 



210. An piinc Lu&cnA, " the park of rushes." 



211. Cneig n.\ Ce^ncvo, 2 "crag of the (rag?)," a rocky knob between 

 the southern road and pojic Uo>.inb. There is another place (308) of the 

 same name in Bally toohy Beg towrdand. 



212. An llle-sll TTlop, JIalmore, "the great lump," the south-western 

 spur of Cnoc n a bpin. The south-western slope, above the Abbey, is named — 



213. An Cnoc bin, "the grassy hill." The adjective bin, "white," 

 applied to land, denotes the bright green colour of a grassy surface, in 

 contradistinction to c&1.mti we&nj, " red, i.e. tilled, land," and to the dark- 

 ness of bog or heath. 3 Hence mi bin, "the grassy turf," bimpe^c, "a 

 grassy flat." 



214. An 1ll^inirci]i, " the Abbey." Close to it — 



215. Uob^n yeile Tlluine, Toberfelamurry, "the well of Mary's festival," 

 i.e. a holy well, associated with a " station '-' or pilgrimage on Ladyday. 



1 The genitive cilXeAt), replacing cilLe, is an analogical formation after words like coiVl, gen. 

 coilleA-D. I use the traditional spelling for the ending, -it), which in Connacht and Ulster is 

 pronounced somewhat like uw. 



2 Like cille.it>, an analogical formation , from ceipc "rag," or perhaps replacing ceap-ocin, 

 nominative ceanDCA, " smithy." 



3 " piinceann a bina i lip an fnaoi§," " green fields in the midst of the heather " ; Connacht 

 folksong, An boicni'n t)uit>e. 



