Clare Island Survey — Place-Names and Family Names. 3 37 



Islands and Disteicts near Clare Island. 



314. Ac&ilt, Achill. 6itei.n Acta., island of Achill. 



315. Ac&ill De&j, Achillbeg. 



316. Co^An, Co|i]\An Acta., the mainland peninsula east of Achill ; 

 cojvp&n, "a reaping-hook." 1 A promontory at Larne, Co. Antrim, is similarly 

 named (" the Curran "). 



317. Urha.ll, formerly called in English " the Owles," barony of Burrish- 

 oole (=bui|\5eif UriiAill, burgage of U.) known to p*vop<MC tVl^c UuacaiI 

 as Umd.ll Hi 1T1a.iLle " U. of O Maille." The territory formerly included 

 the barony of Murrisk. 



318. muipeAf5, barony of Murrisk. The Irish name, gen. fnuipvpge, is 

 in common use. 



319. "P&^Aifre Citl &.' 5 A °t> &1 P, " parish of Kilgeever" bar. Murrisk, 

 includes Clare Island. 



320. C&caiji pAirp&ic (= Patoh&is), " Patrick's fortress," Caher Island. 



321. An b&ile bea.5, Ballybeg island, " the little homestead." 



322. 1tiij* Je^ta., Inishdalla. 2 



323. 1nif Uuific, Inishturk, " wild boar's island." In rapid pronunciation, 

 the name sounds like 1nif "Dui|\c. 



324. 1mf bo pinn', Inishbofin, " white cow's island."' Properly \m\- bo 

 ftmie, but in Mayo a final short vowel is often dropped colloquially. 



325. 1nif 6a^c', Inishark, "Earc's island," for 1m-p e&jica.. Old Irish 

 Ere, gen. Erce, Ercae, Erca, a feminine name, probably of a goddess. 



326. 11a. TTlAoUon, "the round-topped rocks," &n niAolAn bea.5, ah 

 Tn&olAn Ti16j\, between Clare Island and Caher Island. 



327. 11& biotl&i, "the Bills," sea-rocks about eight miles N".W. of Clare 

 Island. 



Family Names. 



The surnames of Clare Island present the clearest evidence of mixed 

 streams of immigration from various parts of Ireland, and ultimately from 

 various parts of the Continent. The following list of surnames was given 

 to me straight off by p<vo^<s.ic tVl &c Uuac<mI : — 



"11& fflAiU.15, Clc-mi Uu«.cmL, 1Y1&C C<Nb&, 1l1uirmci|i 'ptoinn, CL&nn 

 lilic fla. TI1^\a, Cl6.nn 1T1ic 5]MAX)*15, in'L&b&iU,i§, TTIumncip T3uice, 

 bne4.cni.15, 1Tlumnci]\ txco-Mg, 1Tluirmcij\ liluipiu, Cl&nn 5 1 °kuin, 



1 But copp in the nomenclature of Clare Island means a headland, and in this sense may be the 

 basis of copp&n applied to a peninsula. 



2 There is a tendency to confusion between the palatal sounds of d and g in Mayo. 1nir TJeALj 

 may be the older form. See Onomaslicon Goedelicum s.v. Inis Dele. 



3 "Insula vitulae albae," Bede, Hist, Eccl., iv, 4. 



