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in the county of Cork, which is derived from abainn, a river, and 

 beag, small. 



Awin Bur [Gbamn Buib]. — Awin Buy, as given by Seward, is a 

 river in the barony of Kinalea, county of Cork. In Irish it is written 

 abainn, a river, and bui&e, yellow = the Yellow- coloured River. 



There is another river of this name, which rises in the parish of 

 Kilmacteig, barony of Leiney, and county of Sligo. It flows by the 

 town of Coolaney, and uniting with the Avonmore from Temple House 

 Lake, and the Union Wood River near Collooney, they fall into the 

 great strand of Eothuile, over the cataract called ear rjapa, from 

 which the town of Ballysadare derives its name of baile eapa oapa, 

 or the town of the oak cataract, from two large oak trees, one on each 

 side of the waterfall, according to tradition. 



Awiisr Gorm [Gbamn § 0 Prn]- — The Awin Gorm is given by 

 Seward as in the barony of Leiney, county of Sligo. The correct 

 spelling of it in Irish is Gbamn Jopm, which every one who speaks 

 the language understands to signify the Blue River. 



Awin TJre [Gbamn lubaip]. — Awin TJre is the name of a river 

 in the barony of Roscommon, county of Roscommon. The name is 

 derived from abamn, a river, and iubap, the yew tree = the Yew 

 River. 



B. 



Bandon [bannoan]. — The River Bandon rises near Dunmanway, 

 and falls into the harbour of Kinsale, in the county of Cork, flowing a 

 distance of about twenty-four miles. In the Annals the Irish name is 

 written bannoan ; but in the original MS. it is given bafiban (the 

 horizontal stroke being a mistake). The name may be derived from 

 ban, clear, and abainn, river, which would correspond with the clear 

 and transparent water of the River Bandon, from which the town of 

 Bandon takes its name. It may also be derived from ban, white, and 

 dn, water. 



Bann [banna]. — The River Bann, in Irish banna, is one of the 

 very old rivers found in Ireland by Partholan, as stated in the Book of 

 Conquests, by O'Clery, p. 15, and in Lecan, p. 273. It rises in the 

 county Down, passes through Lough ISTeagh, from which it escapes at 

 Toome Bridge ; flows between the counties of Down and Antrim, and 

 falls into the sea below Coleraine. On the map of that part of Ireland 

 Lough Neagh is represented surrounded with beds of chalk, and the 

 River Bann passing through the chalky bed of the lake, the name 

 may be derived from ban, pale or white, and abamn, river — the 

 White River. The word banna also means a boundary, and was that 

 between two districts, as stated in the Book of Conquests. 



Barrow [beapba]. — The River Barrow, according to Seward, 

 flows by the Queen's County, and county of Kildare, through the 

 county of Carlow ; is joined by the Nore before it arrives at New Ross, 

 in the county of Wexford, and falls into the sea at Waterford Haven. 



