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names, but I am unable with certainty to determine its exact force. It 

 appears— but the dictionaries do not record it — to be a collective or cumula- 

 tive of ciiil, a corner. 1 In the present instance the name is applied to a bend 

 and dip in the road. At the spot are two old gate-piers, on top of one of 

 which the ghost of one Joe Wakeman was said to have been seen. 



Cnoe a Droma— "Hill of the Eidge," i.e. Ridge-backed Hill. 



Pairc na Claise, Pairc Fhada, and Pairc na h'Orna — field-names of obvious 

 signification. 



Terrysland, Baile na Speire (meaning unknown) and Baile Nua (as 

 below). The name Terrysland is hardly recognized or used locally; indeed, 

 it looks as if the present were an instance of a place-name officially applied 

 in modern times without warrant of living usage. Ballynoe is the recognized 

 popular designation for at least portion of the townland, and, teste David 

 Barry and the general tradition of the countryside, Baile na Speire is the 

 ancient name for the remainder of the division. Area, in two parts, 304 a. 



S.DD. Ballynoe (O.M.), Baile Nua — "New Homestead"; a name of 

 frequent occurrence to designate what would be now a very ancient home- 

 stead indeed, if it survived. In the present instance the name is applied to 

 a subdivision some 160 acres in area. 



Curraheen, Corraichin — " Little Swamp " ; another subdivision — this time, 

 of about 75 A. There is no^wamp now, but the place is low-lying, and a 

 respectable stream rises, or receives substantial augment, therein. 



" St. David's Well " ; a holy well, still in high repute. " Bounds " are 

 still made on St. John's Day and the days succeeding. Overshadowing the 

 well, which is close by the railway embankment, is an aged willow-tree. 



Cnoc Mor — " Great Hill " ; name applied to a field. 



Paircin a tSagairt — "The Priest's Field"; probably because his Beverence 

 held it as tenant. 



Paircin na Luch — " Little Field of the Mice." This is the only instance 

 in which I have found the word luch entering into the composition of a place- 

 name. It is of course possible that the word is Locha — " Ponds." 



Bealach an Ghillin — "The Gelding's Roadway." Of course gillin has 

 other meanings which must not be regarded as absolutely excluded by the 

 foregoing rendering. Gillin may signify simply — a smooth-coated horse, oj a 

 little horse-boy. 



" The Nasty Field." I cannot explain the reference or application. 



1 In this connexion two forms ciil, ciiil, and ciiil, cuile, have already been opted. To 

 theso may be added cuail, geu. cuaile, a pile ; cuaille, gen. idem, a stake ; and cual, gen, 

 cuail, a faggot. 



