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Coimde [Coimbe]. — In the Book of Conquests mention is made 

 of the three Coimbe. The name Coimfre may signify the accompa- 

 nying rivers, but it does not appear that they have been identified by 

 our topographers. 



Corcair. — The River Carcair rises in the parish of Doneraile, in 

 the county of Cork, and falls into the abcunn beaj5, or small river, a 

 tributary of the Shannon. The word capccnp means a prison ; and as 

 this stream sinks into a cavity in a limestone rock, and rises again at 

 some distance in its course, the name signifies the Imprisoned River. 



Cow River [Gbcurm t>a loilgec]. — The river called Gbamn t>a 

 loilgec, or the River of the two Milch Cows, rises in the parish of 

 Killeenaduma, and falls into Lough Cutra, near the town of Gort, in 

 the county of Galway. See Annals, a. d. 1598. 



Cronach. — Cronach River, according to Seward, is situate in the 

 barony of Athlone, county of Roscommon. The name is derived from 

 cpon, copper, or brown colour, and signifies the coppery, or brownish 

 coloured river. 



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Dee [t)ia], — The River Dee, which, according to Seward, is in 

 the barony of Ardee, county of Louth. In an Irish work, entitled 

 Cdin t)6 Cumlgne, it is stated that a Connaught champion named 

 peaprjia was slain in single combat by the celebrated warrior 

 Cuculcnn, at a ford on this river, about the beginning of the Christian 

 Era; and from this peaptna the ford was called Gc-piptjia, or the 

 ford of Fir dia, which in after times was changed to Atherdee; and 

 hence the origin of the name of this river, i. e. by pronouncing or 

 changing rjia, in piptna, into Dee. Its more ancient name was "Nic 

 according to the Annals, the eruption of which happened in A. m. 4169. 

 The word nic means a battle, and therefore the name signifies the 

 Battle River. 



Deel [t)aoil]. — The Rivers Deel. There is one of them that 

 rises in Lough Deel, in the barony of Raphoe, county of Donegal, and 

 falls into the Foyle, near Lifford. Another River Deel, in the county 

 of Limerick, falls into the Shannon, below Askeaton. In Irish the 

 name is written t>aoil, which in the Gen. is baoile, as uipge na 

 tmoile, the water of the Deel. The word means a leech, and there- 

 fore they signify the Leech Rivers. 



Derg [Deaps]. — The River Derg has its source in Lough Derg, in 

 the barony of Tirhugh, county of Donegal, and unites with the 

 Mourne River. In Irish the name is written beapg, i. e. red, and the 

 name therefore signifies the River of the reddish-coloured water. See 

 a curious account of Lough Derg, in a paper on Fermanagh, in my 

 edition of the Annals of the Pour Masters. 



Dodder [t)ocaip]. — The River Dodder, which flows by Bothar- 

 na-Bruighne, Rathfarnham, and Miltown, falls into the River Liffey at 

 Ringsend, near Dublin. The name in Irish is bocaip,, which simply 

 means the River. 



