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In the last-mentioned parish is a townland called Aghindaiagh, in Irish 

 Achadh-an-da-fhiach, the field of the two ravens ; in the townland of 

 Kilcolruan, parish of same name, Kerry, is a pit or cavern called Poll- 

 da-fhiach, the hole of the two ravens ; we find in Cavan, Neddaiagh, 

 the nest of the two ravens ; in Gal way, Cuilleendaeagh, the little wood 

 of the two ravens ; and in Kerry Glandaeagh, the glen of the two 

 ravens. With Branog, another name for the same bird, we have 

 Brannick Island near great Aran Island, Galway bay, which is called 

 in Irish, Oilean-da-bhranog, the island of the two ravens. 



There is a townland in the parish of Killinvoy, Roscommon, whose 

 name is improperly anglicised Lisdaulan; the Four Masters at 1380, 

 call it Lios-da-lon, the fort of the two black-birds ; and Aghadachor, 

 in Donegal, means the field of the two herons. 



Several places are called from two hounds ; there are two town- 

 lands in Clare called Cahiracon, in Irish Cathair-dha-chon, the Caher 

 or stone fortress of the two hounds; and Lisdachon, in Westmeath is 

 the fort of the two hounds. The parish of Moyacomb, in Wicklow, is 

 called by the Four Masters Magh-da-chon, the plain of the two hounds, 

 the present name being formed by a change of n to m, and the addition 

 of b, both usual corruptions. In the parish of Devenish, Fermanagh ; 

 there are two conterminous townlands called Big Dog and Little Dog ; 

 these singular appellations derive their origin from the modern divi- 

 sion into two parts, of an ancient tract which is called in the annals 

 Sliabh-da-chon, the mountain of the two hounds. "We find also Cloon- 

 dacon, in Mayo, the meadow of the two hounds. 



In several other places we have two oxen commemorated, as in 

 Cloondadauv, in Galway, which the annalists write Cluain-da-damh, the 

 meadow of the two oxen ; Eossdagamph, in Fermanagh, and Aughada- 

 nove, Armagh, the promontory and the field of the two oxen ; in the 

 first, d is changed to g by a usual corruption, and in the second, da 

 prefixes n to the vowel. At the year 606, the Four Masters mention 

 a lake in which a crannoge was built, situated in Oriel, but not now 

 known, called Loch-da-damh, the lake of the two oxen. 



Two bucks are commemorated in such names as Ballydavock, Cap- 

 padavock, Glendavock, Lisdavock (town, plot, glen, fort), and Atti- 

 davock, the site of the house of the two bucks. 



The parish of Cloonyhurk, in King's County, takes its name from a 

 townland which the Four Masters call Cluain-da-thorc, the meadow of 

 the two boars ; Glendahork, in Mayo, is the glen of the two boars ; and 

 Lisdavuck, in King's County, the fort of the two pigs. 



Cloondanagh, in Clare, is in Irish Cluain-da-neach, the meadow of 

 the two horses ; we find the same two animals in Tullylonghdaugh, in 

 Fermanagh, andAghadaugh, in Westmeath; the second meaning the field, 

 and the first the hill of the lake of the two horses ; and Cloondelara, near 

 Clonmacnoise, is the meadow of the two mares. Clondalee in the parish 

 of Killyon, Meath, is called in Irish Cluain-da-laogh, the meadow of 

 the two calves. Aghadavoyle in Armagh is the field of the two maols, 

 or hornless cows ; two animals of the same kind have given name to a 



