Power — Place- Names and Antiquities of S.E. Cork. 



Pairc ilea dTor — " Field of the Bushes."' 



Pairc mi Mona— " Turf Field." 



Akdnageehy, 'Ard na Gaoithe — "Wind-swept Height." Area (in two 

 parts), 1075 a. The name-giving " height '' is, presumably, the exposed 

 elevation half-a-mile, or less, to south-west of the ruined church. The church 

 itself is on comparatively low and level ground. Other antiquities of the 

 townland are four lioses (O.M.), and a small pillar-stone. The last- 

 mentioned object is on the farm of John Sheehan. One of the four lioses, 

 situated on west side of the townland, has been levelled, and its souterrains 

 ha.ve been partly destroyed. 



Ardnageehy (Inq. Gar. 1). 



S.DD. Crosara na Con — " The Dog's Cross-roads." The eponymous canine 

 was an enchanted hound, or a woman who sometimes took the shape of a dog 

 or sheep. This dread creature frequented the present cross-roads at night, 

 injuring and sometimes killing inoffensive wayfarers. A former parish 

 priest of the district met his death at the place, but a successor of his, a 

 Father Falvey (?), is popularly believed to have exorcised and finally banished 

 the malicious and supernatural visitant. Exorcism and banishment notwith- 

 standing, the spot is still dreaded, and daring is the man who would pass there 

 alone after nightfall. A cattle-fair was formerly held at Crosara- na-Con. 



'Ard Maganna — Meaning unknown ; a sub-division of no great area ; also 

 an old name for the whole townland, according to Denis Dunlea, an intelligent 

 resident. 



Reidh a Gheilte — " The Lunatic's Mountain-Plain " ; a former wild spi >t i if 

 some six or eight acres, now cultivated. 



Bun a Bhaile — " The Homestead Hollow." 1 



Pairc na Oeardchan — " Field of (adjoining) the Smithy." 



Pairc na Noinini — " Daisy Field." 



Paire a Leasa — " Lios Field." 



Pairc na bhFear— " The Men's (Meeting) Field," i.e. the place where men 

 assembled on Sundays or on summer evenings. 



Pairc na mBreithre — "Field of the Judgment (Verdict)"; evidently its 

 ownership was the object of a lawsuit. 



Pairc na mBullana — 'Field of the Large Round Stones (Bowls)." 



1 I translate Baile uniformly as homestead, though 1 feel that this word dots not always 

 express the exact sense of the Irish term. The ordinary rendering, town, is less exact 

 and somewhat misleading. An alternative rendering, stead, has been suggested ; hut 1 

 do not think that it has any advantage over homestead, and it is not as well understood. 

 In Australia, the word " homestead " is in constant use to signify the same thing exactly 

 as our Irish llaile, 



