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there was an original Clonmel (Clnan Meala, i.e. "Vale of Honey ") townland. 



As may be assumed from character of the parish — largely suburban and 



demesne — old place-names are not numerous. Modern villa names, of the 



usual provocative type, abound, but our present work takes no note of them ; 



they mean nothing, and their study leads nowhere. The antiquities are the 



ruined church, an abandoned castle, a Holy Well, some lioses, and a primitive 



church-site. 



TOAVNLANDS. 



Ballyiiettrick, Baile Sheitric — " Sitric's Homestead."' Area, 15 A. 



Ballyheatrick (D.S.E.). 



S.D. " The Little Orchard " ; the name is applied to a field. 



Ballyleary. Baile Ui Laoghaire — Idem. Area, 332 a. 



Ballylary (D.S.E.). 



On the farm of Denis Higgins, in this townland, is a Holy "Well at which, 

 till quite recently, " rounds " continued to be performed. 



S.DD. Baile Thall — "Homestead on the Far Side," a subdivision con- 

 taining about forty acres. 



Carrigaloe (O.M.), Carraig Ui Lughadha — "O'Low's Bock." The personal 

 name incorporated is, like numbers of such names, obsolete — at least locally. 

 Many other explanations of the name have, I know, been given, as, e.g., from 

 Luaidhe, lead. 1 can only say that at least half-a-dozen local speakers 

 sounded the Ui Lughadha distinctly. By the way, Carrigaloe, and generally 

 the island side of the West Ferry, was formerly known as Passage ; that also 

 is the name by which this place is alluded to in the Records. 



Tobar Biogh an Donihnaigh — " Sunday Well," the Holy Well referred to 

 above. " Bounds " were made here chiefly on Easter Sunday, but also on other 

 Sundays, and occasionally on week-days. Till a few years since, votive 

 offerings were in evidence, but now there are hardly any. The well, which 

 is covered with a cap of masonry, is claimed, or believed, to be specially 

 efficacious in the case of sore eyes and of ague. 



Ballynoe. — Baile Nua — " New Homestead," generally Anglicized — 

 Newtown. Area, 254 a. 



S.D. Tigh na Glaise — "House of the Streamlet." The name is now 

 applied to a hamlet of four or five houses. At this place (in south-west of 

 the townland) ships formerly took in fresh water. 



1 Irish place-names suggesting Danish or Norwegian association are Burprisingly rare, 

 and are practically confined to coastal districts. Their rarity, indeed, suggests that the 

 northmen settlers on the land were comparatively few, and that they were very soon 

 swallowed up in the native population. 



