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114 PLACE NAMES
DUN AN ÓIR, 35.12. There are two places of this name in Munstcr :
(i) on Smerwick harbour, co. Kerry, where Grey butchered his
Spanish and Italian prisoners in 1580; and (2) on the island of
Cape Clear (cf. " the castle, town, and lands of Doonanore in
Cleere island," Cal. Pa. Rolls Ja. I, 296b). Probably one or other
of these is meant ; but there are also two placed called Dimanore
in CO. Wexford, in the barony of Bantry.
Eas Ruaidh, 38.3, the falls of Assaroe at Ballyshannon, co. Donegal.
Siodh Easa Ruaidh (also mentioned in Ac. Sen., 5127) is now known
as MuUaghshee.
FORGHAS, 26.43, the River Fergus.
Gleann Caoin, 37.29, one of the many places called Glenkeen, of which
the one best known in our literature is Glenkeen in the barony of
Kilnamanagh Upper, co. Tipperary.
Gleann DA MhAil, 38.8.
Gleann Fine, 22.28, the valley of the River Finn, co. Donegal.
Gleann Go, 3.1 i.
Gleann na bhFuath, 37.27.
AN Gort, 7.147, Gort, CO. Galway.
loRRAS, 38.11, the barony of Erris, co. Mayo.
Leath Chuinn, 26.74, the Northern Half of Ireland (north of a line
from Howth to Galway Bay).
Leath Mhogha, 26.75, the Southern Half of Ireland.
Leitir Laoigh, 38.5, unidentified. The blackbird of Leitir Laoigh
is also referred to in Crédhe's lament for Caol (see quotation supra,
s.v. sgolaidheacht), and again in " A Oisin, is fada do shuan " (cf.
Oss. Soc. iv, p. 4). From a poem in ' Duanaire Finn ' (ITS.
vii, pp. 14-15) we see that Leitir Lon was another name of the same
place.
Li, 36.14, a district lying to the west of the River Bann in co. Derry
(v. Hogan, Onom., s.v. Lee). Féinnidh Li is probably Ó Catháin,
who was lord of the adjoining district of Ciannachta ; but certain
geographical names like Li were often used loosely by the scholastic
poets, thus flaith Li is applied to Ó Ceallaigh of Í Maine by
Gofraidh Fionn (Ériu, v, 64, 1. 175). See further under Raoih,
infra.
Loch na dTrí gCaol, 37.24.
Luimneach, 26.69, Limerick.
Magh Maoin, ii.j, = Maonmhagh, the district round Loughrea, co.
Galway. Also the name of a place in co. Wexford (cf. Hogan,
Onom.),
DUN AN ÓIR, 35.12. There are two places of this name in Munstcr :
(i) on Smerwick harbour, co. Kerry, where Grey butchered his
Spanish and Italian prisoners in 1580; and (2) on the island of
Cape Clear (cf. " the castle, town, and lands of Doonanore in
Cleere island," Cal. Pa. Rolls Ja. I, 296b). Probably one or other
of these is meant ; but there are also two placed called Dimanore
in CO. Wexford, in the barony of Bantry.
Eas Ruaidh, 38.3, the falls of Assaroe at Ballyshannon, co. Donegal.
Siodh Easa Ruaidh (also mentioned in Ac. Sen., 5127) is now known
as MuUaghshee.
FORGHAS, 26.43, the River Fergus.
Gleann Caoin, 37.29, one of the many places called Glenkeen, of which
the one best known in our literature is Glenkeen in the barony of
Kilnamanagh Upper, co. Tipperary.
Gleann DA MhAil, 38.8.
Gleann Fine, 22.28, the valley of the River Finn, co. Donegal.
Gleann Go, 3.1 i.
Gleann na bhFuath, 37.27.
AN Gort, 7.147, Gort, CO. Galway.
loRRAS, 38.11, the barony of Erris, co. Mayo.
Leath Chuinn, 26.74, the Northern Half of Ireland (north of a line
from Howth to Galway Bay).
Leath Mhogha, 26.75, the Southern Half of Ireland.
Leitir Laoigh, 38.5, unidentified. The blackbird of Leitir Laoigh
is also referred to in Crédhe's lament for Caol (see quotation supra,
s.v. sgolaidheacht), and again in " A Oisin, is fada do shuan " (cf.
Oss. Soc. iv, p. 4). From a poem in ' Duanaire Finn ' (ITS.
vii, pp. 14-15) we see that Leitir Lon was another name of the same
place.
Li, 36.14, a district lying to the west of the River Bann in co. Derry
(v. Hogan, Onom., s.v. Lee). Féinnidh Li is probably Ó Catháin,
who was lord of the adjoining district of Ciannachta ; but certain
geographical names like Li were often used loosely by the scholastic
poets, thus flaith Li is applied to Ó Ceallaigh of Í Maine by
Gofraidh Fionn (Ériu, v, 64, 1. 175). See further under Raoih,
infra.
Loch na dTrí gCaol, 37.24.
Luimneach, 26.69, Limerick.
Magh Maoin, ii.j, = Maonmhagh, the district round Loughrea, co.
Galway. Also the name of a place in co. Wexford (cf. Hogan,
Onom.),
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