RT @GearoidinUiL: Bhí slua breá ag Do Ghairm le hIarchéim sa Ghaeilge Díospóireacht phainéil leis an Dr John Walsh agus an Dr Emer Ní Bhrád…

Cnocán na nUan i gCiarraí Knockaunnanoon Kerry 'cnocán' = hillock 'uan' = lamb 'the hillock of the lambs'🐑 #Ciarraí #Kerry

Tobar Bhríde i gCluain Dolcáin Brideswell Commons Clondalkin 'the well of (St.) Bríd' '..Many people have been cured of sore eyes by going to this well three times and bathing the eyes three times at each visit..'

Tuar na Gaoithe i bPort Láirge🌬️ Toornageeha Waterford 'tuar / tuairín' = 'animal-enclosure, shelter' Féach chomh maith: Ard Gaoithe Baile na Gaoithe Binn na Gaoithe Bun na Gaoithe Cnoc na Gaoithe Corr na Gaoithe Dún Gaoithe #StormEowyn

@aigne_aighne Placenames Policy and its Implementation - Dónall Mac Giolla Easpaig

@aigne_aighne The vast majority of Irish placenames have their origin in the Irish language, 'Muingnabo' is an example of many anglicised Irish forms (Irish names adapted to English phonology and spelling) See 6" OSI map surveyed between 1829 and 1834 and the Townland Index 1901:

RT @DeptCultureIRL: Tá An Brainse Logainmneacha ag obair faoi láthair ar na bailte fearainn i nDún na nGall. Míníonn Justin Ó Gliasáin dúin…

Moing na Bó i Maigh Eo Muingnabo Mayo Moing = 'swamp, fen, marsh' 'the swamp of the cow'🐄

Cloch an tSeaca i Luimneach Cloghatacka Limerick 'cloch, cloich, clocha' = stone(s) 'sioc, seaca' = frost, the act of freezing "the stone of the frost"🥶 "Is fearr sioc ná síorbháisteach" a deirtí, cá bhfios! #sioc #sneachta @deric_tv @FearStairLmk

RT @Gno_MhaighEo: Tá leabhar nua logainmneacha foilsithe - 'West Mayo Placenames - Origin and Meaning' (Logainmneacha Iarthar Mhaigh Eo) le…

Tír na Spideoige i gCorcaigh Turnaspidogy Cork 'tír' = 'land, territory' 'spideog' = 'robin' 'the land of the robin' NACH DEAS É? Spideog Mhuire…

An Chuileanntrach /Cullentragh i gCill Chainnigh 'place of holly' 'cuileanntrach' agus 'cuileannach' díorthaithe ó 'cuileann' = “holly”.

RT @Ffeirste: Wind appears in many of our place names including Drumnagee (Droim na Gaoithe ‘ridge of the wind’) Bearnas na Gaoithe (angli…

Corr na Lárach sa Chabhán Cornalara Cavan 'corr' = Rounded hill, hump. 'láir' (gs. lárach) = Mare. 'the round hill of the mare(s)' Féach 'Featured themes': 'Capaill, eich, gearráin is láracha' 'Horses, steeds, geldings and mares'

Cluain Broc sa Longfort Cloonbrock Longford 'pasture of (the) badgers'🦡

RT @KennysBookshop: A great tip from author Daniel Curley here tonight who encourages us all to try out the (much underutilised) resource t…

Ailt an tSneachta i nDún na nGall Altatraght Donegal ''𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒕, 𝒂𝒍𝒕, 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒕'' = steep-sided glen, ravine. '𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒂' = snow❄️ 'the ravine of the snow' #sneachta #snow

An Críonach / Creeny sa Chabhán 'críonach' = dry or decayed wood, withered leaves or branches; things dry and rotten with age🪵🍂🌳 'the (place of) firewood, decayed wood'

Doire an tSoirn i gCill Dara Derrinturn Kildare 'doire' = (oak-)wood, grove, thicket 'sorn' = a kiln, a furnace, an oven; chimney or flue of a furnace 'the oak-wood of the furnace'