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The trees of the woods and forests through which many of them 

 flowed are specified ; such as the Alder, Ash, Elm, Hazel, Oak, 

 Willow ; and it would appear that the Yew was to be found in all parts 

 of Ireland as an indigenous tree. It may be remarked that silver and 

 copper are also indicated. 



The English names of these rivers are first given, alphabetically 

 arranged, and their Irish names in brackets. 



A. 



Arglin [Gipsioblum^]. — Arglin River, a tributary of the Black- 

 water, into which it falls below Kilworth, in the county of Cork. Mr. 

 Long informs me that the name in Irish, as written in the Book of 

 Lismore, is Gipsiobluin^, which is compounded of aipsioo, silver, 

 and luins to leap, and would therefore signify the leaping, silvery 

 river, from the clearness of its water. 



Aeigideen [Gip5it)tn]. — The River Arigideen discharges itself into 

 the bay of Courtmacsherry, in the county of Cork. Seward states that 

 the name signifies the silver river or stream. The name is formed of 

 aipsiot), silver, and m, a diminutive particle, and therefore would 

 signify the small silvery stream. Mr. Long is of opinion that it got 

 this name from the white or silvery trout with which the river 

 abounds, and which run in large shoals in its waters. 



Aseoe [Gapp "Ruaio]. — Asroe, at Ballyshannon, on the foremen - 

 tioned river [i. e. the River Erne], is derived as follows in O'Clery's Book 

 of Conquests, p. 3 : — Ro baioeab Geo puaft ceaOup in Gapp "Riicu&, 

 ocup lp c6cpao comba6 ua&a po gab Gapp "Ruaio ainmmugao, ocup 

 Sich OeOha op up an eappa, " Aedh the red-haired was formerly 

 drowned in Eass Ruaidh, and it is an opinion that it was from him 

 Eass Buaidh received a nomination, and the Sith [i. e. the mound or 

 tumulus] of Aedh is over the margin of the cataract." 



The Irish people call it eap pua&, or the red cataract, and in 

 using the genitive they say bpaOdm an eapa puai&, the salmon of 

 the red cataract; and I was informed by a veritable authority, that 

 when the sun goes to the west, and shines on the cataract, the water 

 assumes a reddish colour, which seems to arise from a red weed 

 growing on the rock inside the waterfall. 



Avonmoke [abamn m6p]. — The Avonmore River, in Irish, Gbamn 

 mop, or the great river, now called the River Blackwater, in the 

 county of Cork, falls into the sea at Youghal. There are several rivers 

 in various parts of Ireland called abamn rh6p. The name Youghal, 

 in Irish eocaill, is derived from eo, the Yew, and caill, a wood, mean- 

 ing the Yew-tree wood. 



Ptolemy calls the Avonmore Dalrona, or Dubrona, which un- 

 doubtedly was taken from the original Celtic name of this river, and 

 it implied the black flowing water, from Oub, black, and bpaon, 

 flowing water, the name by which the river is still known. 



Awbeg [Gbamn bea^]. — Aivbeg, according to Seward, is a river 



