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26 Irish Local Names explained.
Carrigeen; little I'oek ; Carrrigeens; little rocks.
Carrignavar in Cork ; see page 3.
Carrigogunnell near the Shannon in Limerick; Carraig-
O-gCoirmell, F. M., the rock of the O'Counells.
Carrigroe ; red rock.
Carrow; a quarter (of land). See Carhoo.
Carroward; high quarter-land.
Carrowbane, Carrowbaun ; white quarter-land.
Carrowbeg; little quarter-land.
Carrowcrin ; the quarter-land of the tree {crann).
Carrowduff; black quarter-land.
CarrowgarrifF, Carrowgarve ; rough quarter (garbh,
rough).
Carrowkeel ; narrow quarter {cael, narrow).
Carrownianagh ; middle quarter-land.
Carrowmore; great quarter-land.
Carrownaglogh ; the quarter of the stones {dock).
Carrownamaddoo, Carrownamaddra, Carrownamaddy ;
the quarter of the dogs (madadh, and madradh).
Carrowntober ; the quarter-land of the well {tohar).
Carrowreagh, Carrowrevagh ; grey quarter {riahhach).
Carrowroe ; red quarter-land.
Cartron ; an Anglo-Norman word, meaning a quarter
of land,
"^ashel : all the places of this name, including Cashel in
Tipperary, were so called from a ca/sm^ [cashel] or
circular stone fort.
Cashen river; casdn a path; for this river was, as it
were, the high road into Kerry.
Cashlan ; Caislen, a castle.
Castlebane, Castlebaun ; white castle.
Castlebar in Mayo ; shortened from Castle-Barry ; for it
belonged to the Earrys after the English invasion.
Castlecomer ; the castle of the river-confluence {comar).
Castleconnell near Limerick : see page 3.
Castledermot in Kildare. The old name was Disert-
dermot, Diarmad's desert or hermitage, from Diarmad
son of the king of Ulidia, who founded a monastery
there about A. D. 800. The present form of the
name is derived from a castle built there by AValter
de Eiddlesford in the time of Strongbow.