Celebrating Ulster's Townlands
PLACE-NAMES
IN THE EXHIBITION FROM CO. DONEGAL
|
Place-name |
Irish Form |
Translation |
Townland? |
County etc |
|
Barnesmore |
Bearnas
Mór |
"big gap" |
gap |
Donegal |
|
Boyoughter |
Bá
Uachtair |
"upper bay" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Calhame |
cauld
hame (Sc) |
"cold home" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Derryleconnell |
Doire
Leac Chonaill |
"oakwood of Conall's flagstone" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Dirlaught |
Doire
Leachta |
"oakwood of the grave" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Donegal |
Dún
na nGall |
"fort of the foreigners" |
town |
Donegal |
|
Doochary |
Dúchoradh |
"black weir" |
village |
Donegal |
|
Drowse |
Drobhaois |
"muddy one, sluggish one" |
river |
Donegal / Leitrim |
|
Dunaff |
Dún
Damh |
"fort of oxen" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Greenan |
Grianán/Aileach |
"eminent place"/"stony place" |
fort |
Donegal |
|
Gweebarra |
Gaoth
Beara |
"estuary of the water" |
river |
Donegal |
|
Inishfree |
Inis
Fhraoigh |
"island of heather" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Inishowen |
Inis
Eoghain |
"Eoghan's island" |
promontory |
Donegal |
|
Loughros
Point |
Luachros |
"rushy promontory" |
|
Donegal |
|
Mulroy |
An
Mhaoil Rua |
"the red current" |
sea lough |
Donegal |
|
Renny |
Rannaigh |
"portion" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Rossnowlagh |
Ros
nAbhlach |
"headland of apple trees" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Stranorlar |
Srath
an Úrláir |
"river holm of the valley floor" |
town |
Donegal |
|
Tobar
Shorcha |
Tobar
Shorcha |
"Sorcha's well" |
|
Donegal |
|
Toome |
Tuaim |
"tomb" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
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Barnesmore |
Bearnas
Mór |
"big gap" |
gap |
Donegal |
|
Belleek |
Béal
Leice |
"approach to the rocky ford" |
townland |
Fermanagh |
|
Bingorms |
Na
Beanna Gorma |
"the blue crags" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Boyoughter |
Bá
Uachtair |
"upper bay" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Breaghy |
Bréachmhá |
"wolf plain" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Brockagh |
Brocach |
"badger den" |
townland |
Donegal & Fermanagh |
|
Calhame |
Cauld
hame (Scots) |
"cold home" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Castlederg |
Caisleán
na Deirge |
"castle on the Derg" |
town |
Tyrone |
|
Clady/Claudy |
Clóidigh |
"washing river" |
villages townland |
Derry & Tyrone Derry |
|
Clogher |
Clochar |
"stony place or building" |
townland village |
Donegal & Tyrone |
|
Cranny |
Crannaigh |
"places of trees" |
townland |
Donegal & Tyrone |
|
Creggan |
An
Creagán |
"little rock/rocky place" |
townlands |
Donegal, Derry & Tyrone |
|
Derry |
Doire |
"oakwood" |
city |
Derry |
|
Derryleconnell |
Doire
Leac Chonaill |
"oakwood of Conall's flagstone" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Dirlaught |
Doire
Leachta |
"oakwood of the grave" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Donegal |
Dún
na nGall |
"fort of the foreigners" |
town |
Donegal |
|
Doochary |
Dúbhchoradh |
"black weir" |
village |
Donegal |
|
Drowse |
Drobhaois |
"muddy one, sluggish one" |
river |
Donegal / Leitrim |
|
Dunaff |
Dún
Damh |
"fort of oxen" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Enniskillen |
Inis
Ceithlinn |
"Ceithleann’s island" |
town |
Fermanagh |
|
Farnagh |
Fearnach |
"alder place" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Fermanagh |
Fir
Manach |
"men of Manaigh" |
tribal name |
Fermanagh |
|
Finn
River |
An
Fhinn |
"the white one" |
river |
Donegal |
|
Greenan |
Grianán/Aileach |
"eminent place/stony place" |
fort |
Donegal |
|
Gweebarra |
Gaoth
Beara |
"estuary of the water" |
river |
Donegal |
|
Inishfree |
Inis
Fhraoigh |
"island of heather" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Inishowen |
Inis
Eoghain |
"Eoghan's island" |
promontory |
Donegal |
|
Inish
Samer |
Inis
Samhaoir |
"island of the Erne" |
island |
Donegal |
|
Knockbrack |
Cnoc
Breac |
"variegated hill" |
townland |
Donegal, Derry & Tyrone |
|
Limavady |
Léim
an Mhadaidh |
"the dog’s leap" |
town |
Derry |
|
Lisnagelvin |
Lios
na nGealbhán |
"fort of the sparrows" |
townland |
Derry |
|
Lisnaskea |
Lios
na Scéithe |
"fort of the Shield " |
town |
Fermanagh |
|
Longfield |
Leamhchoill |
"elm-wood" |
townland |
Donegal, Tyrone, Derry & Fermanagh |
|
Loughros
Point |
Luachros |
"rushy promontory" |
|
Donegal |
|
Mulroy |
An
Mhaoil Rua |
"the red current" |
sea lough |
Donegal |
|
Omagh |
An
Ómaigh |
"the untilled plain" |
townland |
Tyrone |
|
Renny |
Rannaigh |
"portion" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Rossnowlagh |
Ros
nAbhlach |
"headland of apple trees" |
townland |
Donegal |
|
Sheskinbeg |
Seisceann
beag |
"the little bog" |
|
Donegal |
|
Strabane |
An
tSrath Bán |
"the white river holm" |
townland |
Tyrone |
|
Stranorlar |
Srath
an Úrláir |
"river holm of the valley floor" |
town |
Donegal |
|
Templemoyle |
Teampall
Maol |
"roofless church" |
townlands |
Donegal & Derry |
|
Tempo |
An
tIompó Deiseal |
"the right-hand turn" |
village |
Fermanagh |
|
Termonmagrath |
Tearmann
Mhic Craith |
"McGrath’s church land" |
parish |
Fermanagh |
|
Tobar
Shorcha |
Tobar
Shorcha |
"Sorcha's well" |
|
Donegal |
|
Tober |
Tobar |
"well" |
townland |
Donegal & Fermanagh |
|
Toome |
Tuaim |
"tomb" |
townland |
Donegal, Leitrim & Monaghan |
|
Trillick |
Trileac |
"three stones/stone tomb" |
town townland |
Tyrone, Donegal & Fermanagh |
|
Tyrone
|
Tír
Eoghain |
"Eoghan’s land" |
district |
Tyrone |
|
Unshinagh |
Uinseanach |
"place of ash trees" |
townland |
Donegal & Leitrim |