Gort na nGiorriacha i Maigh Eo
Harefield Mayo
www.logainm.ie/en/36400

'the field of the hares'

Féach an Milisín Míosúil: ‘Chomh mear le giorria Márta’
www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/155

See the Monthly Morsel: ‘As mad as a March hare’
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/155

📢Gairm ar pháipeir: Logainmneacha agus an Éiceolaíocht sa Chomhthéacs Eorpach.
Déardaoin 23 Iúil 2026 ar Champas na Naomh Uile, DCU.

📢Call for papers: Placenames and Ecology in the European Context.
Thursday 23 July 2026 on the DCU All Hallows Campus.

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I dTír Eoghain a glacadh an grianghraf seo, i nDairbheach Rua / Dervaghroy. Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Kenneth Allen a ghlac. "Sheep in a flooded field, Dervaghroy" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7323998

Garraí an Uisce i Laois
Garryniska Laois
www.logainm.ie/ga/28001

'the garden of the water'

Talamh ghléireach mhóinteach atá anseo
(féach ‘Surface water Gleys’, ‘Peaty Gleys’, ‘Fen peat’, srl., www.epa.ie).

Feadóga Buí sa láib in Inbhear an Mhóinéir Leathain, Sord, BÁC. Íomhá ó Birdwatching Ireland, le beannacht Victor Garland. https://www.birdwatchingireland.com

Pilibíní sa bhféar gar d'Inbhear an Mhóinéir Leathain, Sord, BÁC. Íomhá ó Birdwatching Ireland, le beannacht Victor Garland. https://www.birdwatchingireland.com adhaircín, feilbín, filbín, saotharcán / saotharcóg = Green plover, lapwing

Cluain na bhFeadóg i nGaillimh
Cloonnavaddoge Galway
www.logainm.ie/ga/18563

“the (wet) meadow, pasture of the plovers”

Féach an Milisín Míosúil:

Tá Pilibíní agus pilibíní ann!
‘A plover or a Plover?’
www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/149

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Lousie Price a ghlac. Crosóg Bríde: Drumnalost https://www.geograph.ie/photo/1688967

Cill Bhríde - Loch Garman
Kilbride - Wexford
www.logainm.ie/ga/2554

'the church of Bríd / Brigit'

Féach téama na seachtaine:

'Féile Iomboilg agus Lá Fhéile Bríde'
www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/31

'The festival of Iombolg and Saint Brigit’s Day'
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/31

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Espresso Addict a ghlac. "Cliffs at Knockaunadagrean, Valencia Island" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/456205 (Cuas na gCrothóg, radharc siar ó dheas ar Bhinn an Iolair, Dairbhre)

Cuaisín / Cuas na gCrothóg i gCiarraí
Coosheennagruhoge Kerry
www.logainm.ie/ga/1416153

'(little) cove of the coalfish'

crothóg, glasán, glasóg = ainmneacha ar leith ar 'coalfish'
crothóg, glasán, glasóg = various names for ‘coalfish’

Poll na gCrothóg
www.logainm.ie/en/1419411

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Local Place Names · Ballymore-Eustace (B.) · The Schools' Collection This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.

www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4769...

"Truce: A hill 1/4 of a mile North of Ballymore Eustace. Supposed to have been used as a meeting place for the purpose of signing a treaty between the Wicklow chieftains and the Pale authorities."

Coillidh Chaoin/Killykeen Placenames and other information associated with this location.

Coillidh Chaoin / Killykeen
logainm.ie/en/5142
'pleasant wood'

Léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis. CC-BY (NLS) (maps.nls.uk)

Íomhá shatailíte ag léiriú Loch Uachtair i gContae an Chabháin agus roinnt de na bailte fearainn máguaird: Eoinis, Doirinis Mór, Gort na nAbhall. Base imagery © Google Earth, © Airbus (Imagery dates: 9/6/2024)

Roinnt logainmneacha i bparóiste na Cille Móire, An Cabhán:

Eoinis / Eonish
logainm.ie/en/5136
'yew-island'

Doirinis / Derinish
logainm.ie/en/5124
'oak island'

Gort na nAbhall / Gartnanoul
logainm.ie/en/5066
'the field of the apple-trees'

Local Place Names - Balaclava · Virginia (B) · Bailiúchán na Scol Bailiúchán béaloidis é seo a chnuasaigh páistí scoile in Éirinn le linn na 1930idí.

Balaclava in Cavan (www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/5070...) and Baisteapúl/Bastepool (from Sevastepol) on Achill Island (Logainmneacha Mhaigh Eo by Fiachra Mac Gabhann, Volume 3 – Acaill, p. 215).

Ainmneacha Páirceanna · Baile an Gharrdha (B.) · Bailiúchán na Scol Bailiúchán béaloidis é seo a chnuasaigh páistí scoile in Éirinn le linn na 1930idí.

Another point worth mentioning is that there are a few minor names in Ireland named after battle sites in the Crimean War. Such names sometimes commemorate battles but can also be a humorous reference to some local argument or conflict. 'The Crimea' in Tipperary www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4922...

It is worth noting here that there was some immigration to Ireland from Eastern Europe in the nineteenth century as a result of pogroms in the Russian Empire. For example, in the 1911 Census, several people in Waterford City gave “Russia” or “Russian Poland” as their country of origin.

The place-names of Decies:
“The Russian Side,” portion of Cheekpoint so called because, according to local story a Russian family"
snap.waterfordcoco.ie/collections/...

&

Schools’ Folklore Collection:
"Long ago a Russian ship foundered at Cheekpoint Lighthouse..."
www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428...

We would not like to speculate as to what the origin of the name is given the lack of historical references. However, the explanation given by Power in Place-names of the Decies, and in the Schools’ Folklore Collection, i.e., that the name comes from a Russian family, seems quite plausible.

We would expect Ros na Sí to give an anglicised form along the lines of *Rosnashee and for this to develop to Russianside would be very unusual. There would have to be some evidence for this development for it to be considered as a possibility.

The Placenames Branch doesn’t have any further information on the local name 'Russianside' in the townland of Cheekpoint, #1411553 in County Waterford. We consider it to be very unlikely that Russianside is derived from Ros na Sídhe (Ros na Sí in modern Irish spelling).

Muileann gaoithe ceann tuí i dTeach Coimseáin, Loch Garman. Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Mike Searle a ghlac. "Tacumshane Windmill" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/6275920

Baile na Gaoithe i Loch Garman
Ballynagee Wexford
logainm.ie/ga/54531

the town of the wind

Féach an Milisín Míosúil:
Gaoth “wind” agus fuinneamh in-athnuaite i logainmneacha

Gaoth ‘wind’ in townland names: the renewable energy of yesterday
logainm.ie/ga/teamai/146

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, sylvia duckworth a ghlac. "Red Deer stag" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/2193272

Cnoc an Fhia i Luimneach
Knockanea Limerick
logainm.ie/ga/31319

'the hill of the deer'

"Clais an Fhia"
(the trench, ravine of the deer)
logainm.ie/ga/32437
&
"Léim an Fhia" (the leap of the deer)
logainm.ie/ga/31547
le fáil i Luimneach chomh maith.

Nósa na Nollag: "Feisteann na daoine na tighthe go deas le oigheann agus cuileann agus lasann siad coinneal Nodlaig a chuile fuinneoig ar an teach." - Dúchas.ie
www.duchas.ie/ga/cbes/4613...

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Peter Trimming a ghlac. "Holly Berries" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/8186180

Oileán an Chuilinn i gCiarraí
Holly Island Kerry
logainm.ie/ga/1394495

"Dlúthchuid den Nollaig an cuileann, an t-eidhneán agus an drualus" - Tuairisc.ie
tuairisc.ie/dluthchuid-d...

Mills & Boon part 2: Boon - SNSBI Part 2 of the Mills & Boon story explores the origins of the family name Boon.

Take a look at the second part of our Mills and Boon story www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na....
Both stories show changes in status and mobility.
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Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, yorkshirelad a ghlac. "Nativity Scene" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7412517

An Milisín Míosúil
I mainséar fuar an asail…
Quignamanger / Cúige na Mainséar
the fifth (land-portion) of the mangers
logainm.ie/en/themes/145

An focal iasachta 'manger' (mainséar) i logainmneacha na hÉireann atá faoi chaibidil ag an mBrainse Logainmneacha i milisín na míosa seo

Doraisín síúil gar do Shliabh gCuillinn. Fairy door, Slieve Gullion "Unnamed fairy door at Slieve Gullion Forest Park." Íomhá ó geograph.ie, Rossographer a ghlac an pictiúr seo. https://www.geograph.ie/photo/5022847

'Tullynasheoy' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis. © Tailte Éireann

Tulaigh na Sióg i nGaillimh
Tullynasheoy Galway
logainm.ie/ga/1375348

'tulach, tulaigh, tulchán, tulán' = cnocán
'Sióg' = na daoine maithe, den slua sí

'the hillock of the fairies'

Ó DHÚCHAS: Ba bhreá í an eascann le béile fataí…
tuairisc.ie/o-dhuchas-ba...

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Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Rod Grealish a ghlac. "Astelleen Burn waterfall, Glenveagh National Park, Donegal" https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7938333

Eas Díleann i nDún na nGall
Astelleen Waterfall Donegal
logainm.ie/ga/1437696

'eas' = waterfall
steall, sruth uisce ag titim le haill

'díle' (gin. díleann) = flood, deluge, torrent (FGB)
uisce ar sceith, tuile mhór, 'díle bháistí'

'waterfall of (the) flood, deluge, torrent'

Image of Belfast

With Oireachtas na Gaeilge taking place in Belfast this week, the Placenames Branch has looked at the topic of the placename Béal Feirste.

To find out more about the origins of the name visit https://loom.ly/4lPtS-U

Fox - SNSBI What might link the family names Fox, Gough, Todd and Redknap? If you're foxed, you should probably read this family name story...

Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham.
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