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A Gaelic PLace-Name List

1/1/2026

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Drum / Trim: Ridge (Antrim= Lone Ridge)
Cree: Border. 
Strath: Wide river in Scots Gaelic, Grassland in Irish (srath)
Inbhear: Estuary
Rath: Fairy Hill, Earthwork on a hill. 
Slieve / Sliab: Mountain. (Most of the Sliab I have seen are prominent Irish peaks.)
Benn / Binn: Mountain (more common in Scotland than Ireland).
Bennan: Small Mountain.
Droichead: Bridge. 
Coill: Forest
Doire: Oak Grove

Caol / Kyle: Slender, Strat, Narrow
Allt: Stream
Riasc: Marsh
Knock / Cnoc: Hill
Luascadh: Swamp
Portach: Bog
Tir: Land
Tech: House
Bally: Fortified Place
Ath: Ford
Lough: Lake
Cill / Kill: Churchyard
Dun: Fort, Town
Carrig: Rock
Inis: Island
Gleann: Valley, Glen
Ard: Height
Bel: Rivermouth
Bun: Also rivermouth
Cahir / Caher: Stone Fort
Coom: Hollow (c.f Coombe)
Letter: Hillside
Moy / Maigh: Plain (Battle site)
Porth: Port, Harbour, Landing Place
Ross: Wooded Promontory

Tieve: Hillside
Tober: Well
Teampall: Church / Temple
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