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279. be&l tlAimin "OuTiog, 1 "mouth of the cove of (. . . ?)." 



280. poici]i nA CjtAoibe, " shelter or shrubbery of the branch (leafy tree)," 

 near Ailb UAiftb. (Dinneen gives pocAft, nom. sing., roiqte, nom. pi., "a 

 wood, a forest ; a woody swamp " ; " woods, thickets." The word seems to be 

 an ancient compound of yo and cip ; " under-land.") 



281. Ha guAille, "the shoulders," the long ridge rising from the hollow 

 west of Cnoc 11 a ftp An to the eastern face of An Cnoc 111 6\\. 



282. beAt gAn ApgAitt, "mouth without armpit," a hollow under Cnoc 

 iH6|i at the head of nA 5uAitte. 



283. An SAblAn, "the fork," the upper valley of the AbAmn 111 op, 

 enclosed by Cnoc 1T)6p and ha guAilte. 



284. bolr; a' Cnuic, " belly of the hill," lower part of Cnoc ffiop, facing 

 S.E. 



285. SgAilp a' Ujm'nr, Sgalpatruce, " cleft of the trews," on N.E. side of 

 nA SiiAitte. 



286. An cSiopp, a hill near AiLL ua mbAipneAc. (For pop^i, O'Beilly 

 has the meanings " vetches, wild pea, broomrape, orobanche." Dinneen has 

 "pioppA, m., a sharp rock in the sea rising nearly to the water's surface.") 

 Pronounce like shiur. 



287. Uon nA SioppA, "butt of the Siorr," foot of the hill seaward. 



288. An bAile Cuait>, Ballytooliy townland, "the northern townland." 



289. bAite CuAit) beA-g, Ballytooliy Beg townland. 



290. Cnoc a' LocAin, "hill of the lakelet," north of the Siop]\. The 

 lakelet is probably the marshy hollow known to workers on the Clare Island 

 Survey as " the Lighthouse Marsh." 



291. An S-roeAn, " the fairy hill," a noticeable smooth high knoll, covered 

 with short green vegetation, north of the marsh. "Aic 1 bptnb proe," said 

 my guide, " ca cvnpc acu Annpin " — " a place where the sidhe are ; they have 

 a court there." I have not elsewhere met this ancient usage of the plural 

 fit>e in ordinary speech. In most places, nA proeojjA, ha piAppAi, etc., are 

 substituted, ym e being used in set phrases such as beAn cproe, "banshee," nA 

 com cpnie, " the hounds of the sidhe." The sidhe were anciently gods, " the 

 peoples used to adore sidhe ; " Fiacc's Hymn. On the O.S. map, Sheean is 

 placed as the name of a sea-rock. See above (174) for another Si-oeAn 

 Which has escaped destruction in the most cultivated part of the island. 



292. poitin Ca^aIIaij, "thicket or shelter of Carallach(?)," south of 

 lighthouse. . . . 



293. Saudi ha ^CapaII, "pen of the horses," a hollow beside the light- 

 house. 



1 Perhaps for t) A Deog, the indeclinable name of the saint from whom the heath Daheocia is named. 



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