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232. poll &' bji&nn'o.s.TO, " hole of the brandy," a pool whose position 

 corresponds to that of the second r of the townland name " Lecarrow," O.S. 

 sheet 85. The O.S. name Pollabrandy is printed as belonging to the stream 

 flowing from the pool. The name, it is said, originated in the use of the 

 pool as a hiding-place for smuggled brandy. 



233. An TTItnle&rm, "the mill," where the eastern road crosses the 

 stream near Maum townland, near pope Lice. Site of a watermill. 



234. Ab&mn «>' llluilitin, "river of the mill," rises near Ai 11 U&ijVb on 

 the west side of the island, receives Ab&nm a' "Ooinin, flows through — 



235. Loc &' niuiliim, Lough Avullin, " lake of the mill," in Maum town- 

 land. 



236. An Le^r<v6, a bushy hillside in north of Maum townland. 



237. Cu|A|\d.c ^' Loc.s, " moor of the lake," north and north-west of Loc 

 6.' 1llmlinn, 



23S. C^ol]A6.c, " narrow place," south of Loc &.' Ttluilmn. 



239. An ffliimin, "the little hill-breast," rising ground on rT.W. of 

 Fawnglass townland, S.E of Loc a' tTlmtirm. 



240. An Le^na. bin, " the white marsh," north of Fawnglass townland. 



241. fin 5^*T> " green slope," Faivnglass townland. 



242. An Cjnogin bin, "the white (grassy) rocky field," in the north of 

 fin Sl&p. Cjuogin = cjieAgin. 



243. be.^.1 tu Cop^a., "mouth of the bend," a sharp eminence in fin 

 51^1"; the road running westward through this townland turns S.W. and 

 then north to pass be^b tiA, Co^n-N. 



244. Ce^p na, nj^b^ji, "the goats' division," Cajmagoivcr townland. 



245. Uob^p bjiijue, " Brigid's well," or Uob&n feile bjMJwe, Tober- 

 fclabride, "well of Brigid's festival," a holy well near Ce&rm n& Conpa.. 

 Devotional exercises are practised at it. The second name indicates Saint 

 Brigid's feast, February 1, as a day of special resort to the place. 



246. An Squvc*., Strake townland, probably " the streak or stripe," 

 being a very long and narrow division. 



247. An llu&m big, Rooauribcg, "the little Ruain," north of poll &.' 

 Cujimj. The O.S. spelling "Eooaun" supposes some such Irish form as 

 Ru.y6in, and is misleading, Ru6.ni being a monosyllable. The dative has 

 replaced the nominative form in noun and adjective. 



248. Ab.Mim ha Ru^me^c bit;e, "river of the little Ru&m," a small 

 stream discharging at poll a' Cu^mj. So we have nom. sing. Ru&m, gen. 

 sing. Ru-jone&c, nom. pi. Ru&mce, gen. pi. Ru&n, rather heteroelite. 

 Uiuinew; and Ru&mce seem to be late analogical formations. 





