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Tibbotstown, Baile An Tioboidigh).— "Toby's (or Theobald's) Homestead." 

 Compare Ballytibbot (Tibbotstown), parish of Inch, barony of Imokilly, where 

 the Irish form is Baile Thioboid. Compare also Ballymackibott (Baile mhic 

 Thibead), parish of Axdagb, same barony. Theobald was a common Christian 

 name in the Butler and De Burgo families. Area, 22S A. 



There were five lioses on the townlaud, but all except two have disap- 

 peared, and even the two survivors — of medium size and circular in plan — 

 have been partially destroyed. One of the completely obliterated lioses was 

 of unusually large size, and was inhabited by an enchanted hare. 



S.DD. Seana Bliaile — " Old Homestead.'' A name of very frequent 

 occurrence, to denote a former village Bite. 



Seana Mhuileann— " Old Mill." 



Poll Cam — "Crooked Hollow." A twist and depression in the road, 

 towards west side of the townland. 



ToLLAGHGRKEN, Tulacli — " Little Hill." Height, length, &c., in place-names 

 are always purely relative. II ire, where the country is almost quite Hat, a 

 slight elevatiOD or natural mound, which would pass unnoticed in undulating 

 surroundings, becomes noticeable and important enough to give the place its 

 nam* . Area, 113 a. 



The townland is entirely, or almost entirely, demesne land. 



8.1 1. Abharloidin. In this guise it is not easy, at first sight, to recognize 

 Abhall-ghoirtin— " Little Orchard." 



WATKKR j —Idem. A stream disappears here beneath 



a rocky outcrop and re-issues some distance away. Area, 349 a. 



S.DD. Crann a Bhile — "Large Tree." The name seems almost tauto- 

 logical, as both crann and bill signify a tree. The name is at present applied 

 t<> a locality where, on both sides of the road, is an outcrop of limestone and 

 a quarry. In the adjoining field, on Coughlan's farm, many human skeletons 

 have been found. 



Tobar a Dreoilin — "The"vV Will." The name is now applied to a 



field. 



W Bun a Stuaidb. The meaning is somewhat doubtful ; the 



name is written as above in a MS. of David Barry, the poet, who was himself 

 a native of, and i on, the townland. Mr. It. A. Foley quotes the form 



Bun :a a ms. d 22. Stuadh is given in the dictionaries as an 



arch, a rainbow, a sheet, scroll, gable, wall, pinnacle, or ridge. Area, 581 a. 



On the townland stands a remarkable lios, crowning a commanding height 



which affords a glorious and extensive prospect over sea and land. This is 



Aimhreidh, covering with its double rampart an area of about three 



acres, and crowning the ridge-brow on Lawton's farm. The outer circular 



