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Copant), and Callant> — Lecan, f. 289. It is stated at f. 290, b. a., of 

 the same, that ID 05 pubna, in Airgialla, was one of the plains 

 cleared of wood by Conmael, grandson of Eber. In a note in the 

 Annals, the pubna is supposed to be the Una Eiver, in Tyrone. There 

 is no word in our printed dictionaries that explains this name, but 

 it signifies the moaning or murmuring river. The Copcmn signifies 

 the noisy river, but the topographers have not made out its locality — 

 except it be the Touro River, near Youghal. The Callcmn is the 

 River Callan, in the county of Armagh. The word means loud talk, 

 noise, or calling, and, perhaps, the name signifies the echoing river. 



G. 



Gleoib. — The 5^eoip is the Irish name of a river which rises in 

 the parish of Kilglass, in the county of Sligo, and falls into the Bay of 

 Killala. The word 5le6pac is still a living word in the same country, 

 and means a continued harmonious sound j and, accordingly, the name 

 signifies the harmonious-sounding river. 



I. 



Innt [Gicne]. — The River Inny flows into Lough Ree, in the 

 county of "Westmeath. The Irish name is Cicne, and, according to 

 the Book of Conquests, its eruption happened in the time of Heremon. 

 Its original name was JJ^cnr 1 beapamam, as stated in the Annals, and 

 it derived its second name from Gicne, the wife of Concubap lilac 

 "Neapa, King of Ulster, in the first century. The word signifies a kernel, 

 figuratively an endearing name for a lady, meaning " as pure as the 

 kernel of a nut." 



L. 



Lackah [Leacac]. — The Lackah River, in the barony of Kilma- 

 crenan, county Donegal. In Irish it would be written leacac, flaggy, 

 and thus it signifies the flaggy river. 



Lagan [La^dn] The Lagan River, in the county Down, rises 



in the Lagananny Mountain, a spur of the Mourne Mountains, passes 

 through the town of Dromore, and divides the counties of Down and 

 Antrim between Lisburn and Belfast, where it falls into Belfast 

 Lough. The name is derived from the word la^dn, a shallow valley 

 or hollow plain, through which the river flows. There are several low 

 districts which bear this name in various parts of Ireland — such as the 

 Lagan of Tireragh, and the Lagan of Tyrawley, in the counties of Sligo 

 and Mayo. 



Latjne [Learn am]. — The River Laune, near Killarney, in the 

 county of Kerry. In Irish it is written learhain, and signifies the 

 Elm tree Eiver. The word given by O'Reilly in his Dictionary is 

 learhan, the Elm tree, which in the Genitive makes leariidm ; and it 

 is evident that the name of the river is governed by the word abamrs, 

 a river, which is understood. It is stated in the Annals that the 



