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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
Wateresk; upper channel (eisc). See Kilwatermoy.
Waterford; a Danish name; old form Vadrefiord, the latter part of which is the northern word fiord, a sea inlet. Old Irish name Port-Lairge or Portlargy. See Strangford and Carlingford.
Watergrasshill in Cork; a translation of the Irish name. Cnocan-na-biolraighe [Knockaun-na-billery], the little hill of the water-cresses.
Wexford; a Danish name; old form Weisford, which 13 said to mean west fiord or bay; old Irish name, Carman.
Wicklow; a Danish name; old forms of the name, Wkyynglo, Wygyngelo, Wykinlo. Old Irish name - Kilmantan, the church of St. Mantan, one of St. Patrick's disciples. This saint, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise and other authorities, had his front teeth knocked out by a blow of a stone, from one of the barbarians who opposed St. Patrick's landing in Wicklow; hence he was called Mantan, or the toothless.
Windgap, Windygap; a translation of Bearna-na-gaeithe [Barnanageehy], the gap of the wind.
Witter in Down; Uachdar, upper. See Wateresk and Eighter.
Wood of 0 near Tullamore in King's County; the Irish name is Eochaill, yew-wood, the same as Youghal; modern name an attempted translation:- Wood of O, i.e. the wood of the eo or yew.
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