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IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED
A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W YVOCABULARY OF IRISH ROOT WORDS A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U
IRISH LOCAL NAMES EXPLAINED
Easky in Sligo; from the river:- lascach [Eeska], fishy (from iasg, a fish).
Eden: Eudan [edan], the brow; a hill brow.
Edenderry; the hill brow of the oak wood.
Edenmore; great hill brow.
Edergole, Edergoole; see Addergoole.
Eglish; a church; same as Aglish.
Eighter; Iochtar [eeter], lower.
Eliogarty in Tipperary; a shortened form of Ely O'Fogarty (shortened by having the `f' aspirated and omitted: see page 2), O'Fogarty's Ely, so called from its ancient possessors the O'Fogartys. See Ely.
Elphin in Roscommon. St. Patrick founded a church here near a spring, over which stood a large stone; and hence the place was called Aill-finn, which Col-gan interprets the rock (aill) of the clear spring (finn white, clear).
Ely. The different tribes called Eile or Ely were so named from their ancestor Eile, the seventh in descent from Cian, son of Olioll Olum (see Connello).
Emlagh; Imleach [Imlagh], land bordering on a lake; and hence a marshy or swampy place.
Emly in Tipperary. St. Ailbhe founded his establishment here in the fifth century, on the margin of a lake, which has been only lately drained. The place is called in the Irish authorities Imleach-iobhair [yure], the lake-marsh of the yew tree.
Emlygrennan in Limerick; a corruption of the Irish name Bile-Ghroidhnin [Billa-Gryneen], Grynan's ancient tree.
Enagh, the name of twenty townlands. Sometimes Aenach, a fair; sometimes Eanach, a marsh.
Ennereilly in Wicklow; Inbher-Daeile [Invereela], F. M., the inver or mouth of the river formerly called the Deel, now the Pennycomequick.
Ennis; inis, an island; a meadow along a river.
Enniskeen; Inis-caein [keen], F. M., beautiful island or river meadow.
Enniskerry; Ath-na-scairbhe [Annascarvy], the ford of the scarriff or rough river-crossing; from an ancient stony ford where the old road crosses the river.
Enniskillen; Inis-Cethlenn [Kehlen], F. M., the island of Kethlenn, wife of Balor, the Fomorian king of Tory Island.
Ennistimon; Inis-Diomain, F. M., Diaman's river meadow.
Errigal; Aireagal, a habitation, a small church.
Errigal Keeroge in Tyrone; Aireagal Dachiarog [Da-keeroge], F. M., the church of St. Dachiarog.
Errigal Trough in Monaghan; the church of (the barony of) Trough.
Esker; Eiscir, a sandhill.
Eskeragh, Eskragh; a place full of eskers.
Ess, Essan, Essaun; a waterfall.
Estersnow in Roscommon; a strange corruption from the Irish Disert-Nuadhan (Nooan), F. M., the hermitage of St. Nuadha (Nooa). Disert is often corrupted to ister, ester, tirs, tristle, &c.
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