SOME NOTES ON LOCAL NAMES
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English Name of Townland / Town etc. |
Irish Name |
English Meaning |
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Ringclare |
An Rinn Chláir |
Promontory of the plain |
1 |
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Donaghmore |
An Domhnach Mór |
The big/ great church |
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Tullymurry |
Tulaigh Uí Mhuire |
Mary’s hill |
2 |
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Newry |
Iúr Cinn Trá |
The yew tree at the head of the beach |
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Ringolish |
Rinn Na Lis |
Promontory of the fort |
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The townland of Ringclare is described in the 1800’s as being bounded to the West and South by bogland. The name therefore probably refers to Ringclare as a promontory of good land into the bogland.
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The name probably arises from the location in Tullymurry of a devotional shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Muire is the special form of the name Máire (Mary) used only in reference to Our Lady.
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