220 Proceedings of the Eoijal Irish Academy. 



Kaihbarry (Inq. lac. I). 

 As the oame makes one expect, here was formerly a large fort, but it lias 

 entirely disappeared. 



Spuueee, Sporaidhe Cloch — "Rock Spurs." Area, 276 a. 



Spurryclogh (Estate Map, 1768). 



— ■ _ 1 * I * . Corrach a Chipin. Meaning uncertain. ( M' course Ci/u/i means 

 a little stick; but it is here probably the diminutive of ceap, a piece of 

 ground ; cf. Curraghkippane (Corrach a' Chiopain), near Cork. 



Pairc a Raibe — " Kape Ci « >i • Field.'' 



Towkbmobb, Teamhair Mhor — "Great Elevated Place (commanding 

 extensive view)": . Tara, Co. Meatb, &c. The name is a word-picture 

 of the place in the case of the < k>rk. as of the Mcath, Teamhair. Area, in two 

 parts, 406 A. 



I vermore Upper is entirely demesne laud. Towermore Lower appears 

 to have been formerly part of Rathbarry. On the latter there is now no 

 lios ; but there are two on Towermore Lower. 



S.DD. Dringidy"; origin doubtful ; the name is applied to a field, and 

 is. probably, a derivative from draighean, blackthorn, or from drown,, a hump. 



"Upper Kennedy"; applied to another field; origin also unknown; 



possibly from Ceann Fhada; more probably, however, from Ci/n/n (Ceann) 



A ■. a form very commonly used in the adjoining barony of Imokelly to 



_nate the best field in a farm, townland, or district. 



Pairc na Claise — " Field of the Trench." 



Pairc a Bhainnin. The meaning is not clear; perhaps 13. =Bainbhin (a 

 suckling i 



Parish of Clonmkl. 



The present parish — which is entirely island— comprises tlic western half 

 of the G u 'Arda Neimheadh, ats. Oilcan Mor an Bharraigh, 



Le. "Island of Neimheadb's Hill, otherwise Harry's (heat Island") and the 



jtern portion of Foaty [aland. Within its circuit lies portion of Queens- 

 town, as well as the villages of Rushbrook, Carrigaloe, and BelveHy. It will 

 be recalled that oui Great Island was the repute according to Keating, 



of the di Neimheadh and two thousand of hi.^ people, oilcan M6r was 



one of the limits set to the portions of Orba and Fearon, sons of Partholon, 

 in the legendary first division of Ireland.' The oame, Clonmel, is not in 

 popular use, for the pai re it with a townland. Teampull 



Iarthair, or T. Thiar (West Church), is the name popularly applied to the 

 ancient parish church. Doubtless, as the parish name is non-ecclesiastical, 



Keating, 1.1 trial. T. xts Society, vol. i, pp. 104, 170, mid 160. 



