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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"...one of the best known placenames referring to coirce “oats” is surely Gort an Choirce “the field of oats”, where so many spent time in the Donegal Gaeltacht during their youth" - The Placenames Branch www.logainm.ie/en/themes/189

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Gort an Choirce “the field of the oats” (logainm.ie \#[17566](https://www.logainm.ie/en/17566))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"...is cinnte go bhfuil Gort an Choirce.., ar chaith cuid mhór daoine tréimhse i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill i rith laethanta a n-óige, ar cheann de na logainmneacha is coitianta atá ar eolas ag daoine ina bhfuil tagairt don choirce" - An Brainse Logainmneacha www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/189

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Gort an Choirce “an pháirc atá faoi choirce” (logainm.ie \#[17566](https://www.logainm.ie/en/14446))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tír an Choirce, An Mhí Tirachorka, Meath www.logainm.ie/ga/38244 Tír an Choirce = 'the land of the oats'

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie
© Copyright Mike Pennington
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/1511363

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"...it could be a later coinage meaning ‘field, plain of (the) lights’ ...or it could be an early coinage in which 'solas', as an adjective, is ascribing some unascertainable quality of clarity to this stretch of level land..." See: Light and clear water www.logainm.ie/en/themes/188

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Light and clear water Lightford/Áthán Solais (logainm.ie #[35733](https://www.logainm.ie/en/35733)).

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"...d’fhéadfadh sé, cinnte, gur fíorshoilse éigin a thug ainm don talamh réidh seo...nó b’fhéidir gur ainm luath é ina bhfuil solas ag feidhmiú mar aidiacht, agus cáilíocht mholta éigin á cur i leith an mhachaire féin..." Féach: Gile, glaine, uisce agus soilse www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/188

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Gile, glaine, uisce agus soilse Áthán Solais/Lightford (logainm.ie #[35733](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/35733))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Machaire Solas, Dún na nGall Magherasollus, Donegal www.logainm.ie/ga/16378 Machaire Solas = 'bright plain' "Is é is dóichí gurb é an aidiacht solas “bright, clear, light-giving” (solus, DIL) a cháilíonn 'machaire' anseo seachas an t-ainmfhocal" - An Brainse Logainmneacha

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Kenneth Allen a ghlac.
Magherasolus Townland
© Copyright Kenneth Allen
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/999658

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Alt spéisiúil anseo ó Chris Baraniuk (BBC Future) maidir le stair shaibhir an fhiadhúlra atá ceilte i logainmneacha na hÉireann. Great piece from BBC Future’s Chris Baraniuk on the rich history of wildlife hidden in Irish placenames. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names

Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Blackberries, greenfields, and briars www.logainm.ie/en/themes/186 "One of the few townland names that refers to the sméar “(black)berry” in its original Irish form is Mullaunnasmear/Mullán na Sméar..." - Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, The Placenames Branch

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Blackberries, greenfields, and briars. Mullannasmear/Mullán na Sméar (logainm.ie #[52671](https://www.logainm.ie/en/52671))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sméara, mulláin agus driseacha www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/186 "Níl ach dornán ainmneacha bailte fearainn a dhéanann tagairt don chaor beag milis seo, an sméar. Orthu seo tá Mullán na Sméar/Mullaunnasmear..." - Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, An Brainse Logainmneacha

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Sméara, mulláin agus driseacha Mullán na Sméar/Mullannasmear (logainm.ie #[52671](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/52671))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Críoch na Sméar, Dún na nGall Creenasmear, Donegal (Logainm.ie #14331) “the territory of the (black)berries”

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Kenneth Allen a ghlac.
© Copyright Kenneth Allen
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7576877

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

See this week's theme: Shesheraghmore "..some names refer either to plough-land, ploughing or specifically to the plough (or a part thereof), although, as usual, some of the placenames in question are not quite what they seem at first sight." - The Placenames Branch www.logainm.ie/en/themes/205

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Shesheraghmore / An tSeisreach Mhór “the big ploughland” (logainm.ie #[45859](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/45859))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Féach téama na seachtaine: An tSeisreach Mhór "...is amhlaidh go bhfuil roinnt logainmneacha ann a thagraíonn do thalamh treafa, don treabhdóireacht nó don chéachta féin nó cuid de. Mar is iondúil, áfach, is minic nach mar a shíltear a bhítear" - An Brainse Logainmneacha www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/205

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An tSeisreach Mhór / Shesheraghmore “the big plough-land” (logainm.ie #[45859](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/45859))

Bunachar oifigiúil dátheangach logainmneacha na hÉireann.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Cúil an Chéachta, Cill Mhantáin Coolakay, Wicklow (Logainm.ie #55110) 'the recess, nook of the plough'

Íomhá ón mBailiúchán Grianghraf © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/10476

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

See also this week's theme: www.logainm.ie/en/themes/185 "In the case of Áit Tí na Scoile and Tigh na Scoile the earliest evidence dates from 1617 and 1567..." - Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, The Placenames Branch

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Áit Tí na Scoile/Attinaskollia “the place of the schoolhouse” [Áit Tí na Scoile / Attinaskollia](https://www.logainm.ie/en/36814)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Féach chomh maith téama na seachtaine: www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/185 "I gcás Áit Tí na Scoile agus Tigh na Scoile téann an fhianaise stairiúil siar go dtí na blianta 1617 agus 1567 faoi seach..." - Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, An Brainse Logainmneacha

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Áit Tí na Scoile/Attinaskollia “an áit ina bhfuil an teach scoile” [Áit Tí na Scoile / Attinaskollia](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/36814)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Áit Tí na Scoile, Maigh Eo Attinaskollia, Mayo www.logainm.ie/ga/36814 'the place of the house of the school / of the schoolhouse' .i. áit ina raibh teach scoile

Íomhá ón mBailiúchán Grianghraf © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD
https://www.duchas.ie/ga/cbeg/47065

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

See also this week's theme: More orchards, more apple-trees and native folk etymologies www.logainm.ie/en/themes/184 "Little wonder, then, that úll “apple” and abha(i)ll “apple-tree” should feature in so many townland names down to our own times." - The Placenames Branch

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More orchards, more apple-trees and native folk etymologies. Avalbane/Abhaill Bhán “the white apple-tree (i.e. orchard)” (see logainm.ie #[40526](https://www.logainm.ie/en/40526))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Féach chomh maith téama na seachtaine: Úlloird, abhlacha agus athmhíniú sa Ghaeilge www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/184 "Ní nach ionadh, mar sin go bhfuil idir úll (an toradh) agus abha(i)ll (an crann) le fáil ina oiread sin ainmneacha bailte fearainn anuas go dtí ár linn féin." - An Brainse Logainmneacha

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Úlloird, abhlacha agus athmhíniú sa Ghaeilge. Avalbane/Abhaill Bhán “the white apple-tree (i.e. orchard)” (féach logainm.ie #[40526](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/40526))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An Abhaill, Loch Garman Theoil, Wexford www.logainm.ie/ga/52402 ‘the apple-tree’

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Albert Bridge a ghlac.
© Copyright Albert Bridge
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/2033787

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

See this week's theme: 'Apple-trees and orchards, and youthful deeds'. "Apples were also clearly an important foodstuff in Gaelic Ireland, and as there are many references to both the fruit and the tree in the townland names of Ireland." - The Placenames Branch www.logainm.ie/en/themes/183

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Apple-trees and orchards, and youthful deeds Applefort/Cnoc na nÚll “the hill of the apples” (see logainm.ie #[7820](https://www.logainm.ie/en/7820))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Féach téama na seachtaine: 'Macghníomhartha san úllord'. "Bhí an-tábhacht ag roinnt le húill in Éirinn anallód, mar is léir ó líon mór na dtagairtí don toradh agus don chrann araon in ainmneacha Gaeilge na mbailte fearainn..." - An Brainse Logainmneacha www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/183

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Macghníomhartha san úllord. Cnoc na nÚll/Applefort “the hill of the apples” (féach logainm.ie #[7820](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/7820)).

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ceapach na nÚll, Gaillimh Cappaghnanool, Galway www.logainm.ie/ga/19972 'the (tillage-)plot of the apples'

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Pauline E a ghlac.
© Copyright Pauline E
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/2121402

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Coill Uisce, Uíbh Fhailí Killiskea, Offaly www.logainm.ie/ga/42305 ‘wood of (the) water’

('Killiskea' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann)

Áit eile ar fad atá anseo ach go léirítear brí an ainm go beacht ann.
Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, DS Pugh a ghlac.
© Copyright DS Pugh
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/7756276

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Baile na Buaile, Loch Garman Ballynabola, Wexford www.logainm.ie/ga/53514 ‘the town(land) of the boley, summer pasture’ (see dil.ie s.v. búaile; FGB s.v. buaile) Logainmneacha agus tuilte: foláireamh do lucht pleanála, deis do lucht athfhliuchta! www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/176

Logainmneacha agus tuilte: foláireamh do lucht pleanála, deis do lucht athfhliuchta! (Cuid I)
- Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, An Brainse Logainmneacha

Placenames and floods: a red flag for planners, a boon for rewetting! (Part I)
- Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, The Placenames Branch

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Barr Eanaigh i nGaillimh Barranny, Galway (Logainm.ie #18413) 'high ground of (the) marsh' Eanach Dhúin / Annaghdown (Logainm.ie #18411) 'marsh of (the) fort' Féach chomh maith: Logainmneacha agus tuilte: foláireamh do lucht pleanála, deis do lucht athfhliuchta! www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/176

Barr Eanaigh / Barranny i nGaillimh.
Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, David Dixon a ghlac.
"Wetland channel west of the N84"
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/8269934

Giota beag as an Milisín Míosúil ó pheann thaighdeoirí an Bhrainse Logainmneacha (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

See also: "The hurling championship, hurls/hurleys, and crooked rivers." "...probably the most obvious townland name to refer to hurling is Reanahumana/Ré na hIomána “the level ground of the hurling (the hurling ground)” in County Clare. www.logainm.ie/en/themes/54

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The hurling championship, hurls/hurleys, and crooked rivers. Reanahumana/Ré na hIomána “the level ground of the hurling (the hurling ground)” (see logainm.ie #[7884](https://www.logainm.ie/en/...

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Féach chomh maith: "Craobh na hIomána, camáin agus camaibhneacha" "...is dócha gurb í tagairt is dírí dá bhfuil againn in ainmneacha bailte fearainn ná Ré na hIomána/Reanahumana “the level ground of the hurling (i.e., the level hurling-ground)” i gContae an Chláir." www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/54

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Craobh na hIomána, camáin agus camaibhneacha. Ré na hIomána/Reanahumana “the level ground of the hurling (the level hurling-ground)”<br> (féach logainm.ie #[7884](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/7884...

Bunachar oifigiúil dátheangach logainmneacha na hÉireann.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Ré na hIomána, An Clár Reanahumana, Clare (Logainm.ie #7884) 'the level ground of the hurling (the level hurling-ground)' Féach 'An Camán / Hurley Point' sa gcontae céanna: www.logainm.ie/ga/104145

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, P L Chadwick a ghlac.
"John Farrell's Field sculpture, Birr, Co. Offally"

('Reanahumana' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann)

('Hurley Point' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ceardlann Logainmneacha / Placenames Workshop 2026 Logainmneacha agus an Éiceolaíocht sa Chomhthéacs Eorpach / Placenames and Ecology in the European Context 📍DCU All Hallows Campus - Drumcondra, Dublin 📅 Thursday, July 23 Gach eolas le fáil anseo / for more info see: www.dcu.ie/fiontarscoil...

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

See featured theme: Strands, furze, and translations "In townland names where we have the structure 'na trá' “of the strand, beach” the generic element baile “town(land)” is most common..." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, The Placenames Branch) www.logainm.ie/en/themes/177

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Strands, furze, and translations. Ballytra/Baile na Trá “town(land) of (at) the strand” (see logainm.ie #[54187](https://www.logainm.ie/en/54187))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Féach téama faoi thrácht: Tránna, aiteann agus aistriúcháin "Díol spéise gur minicí baile “town(land)” ná aon eilimint aicmithe eile in éineacht le trá...” (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, An Brainse Logainmneacha) www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/177

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Tránna, aiteann agus aistriúcháin. Baile na Trá/Ballytra “town(land) of/at the strand” (féach logainm.ie #[54187](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/54187))

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Baile na Trá , Loch Garman Ballytra, Wexford (Logainm.ie #54187) 'town(land) of/at the strand'

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Mary and Angus Hogg a ghlac.
"The Beach at Carna
Sometimes known as "Carne", this beautiful sandy bay extends for a long stretch of the Wexford coast."
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/2090146

Teorainn an bhaile fearainn.
Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer - MapGenie Imagery (2013 - 2018) - ITM © Tailte Éireann)

('Ballytra' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"...placenames doubtless often provide us with a lead as to an area’s suitability for rewetting or its inclination to flood." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, The Placenames Branch) www.logainm.ie/en/themes/176

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Placenames and floods: a red flag for planners, a boon for rewetting! (Part I) Clonederalaw / Cluain idir Dhá Lá (“the pasture, (wet) meadow between two marshes”) logainm.ie #[6909](https:...

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"...bíonn leideanna sna logainmneacha don duine a bheadh ag iarraidh a fháil amach an bhfuil baol tuilte ann in áit ar leith" (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, An Brainse Logainmneacha) www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/176

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Logainmneacha agus tuilte: foláireamh do lucht pleanála, deis do lucht athfhliuchta! (Cuid I) Cluain idir Dhá Lá/ Clonederalaw “the pasture, (wet) meadow between two marshes” (logainm.ie #...

Bunachar oifigiúil dátheangach logainmneacha na hÉireann.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

An Mháiteach, Liatroim Mautiagh, Leitrim www.logainm.ie/ga/29756 the flooded place máiteach < báiteach An Milisín Míosúil: Logainmneacha agus tuilte: foláireamh do lucht pleanála, deis do lucht athfhliuchta! The Monthly Morsel: Placenames and floods: a red flag for planners, a boon for rewetting!

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Kenneth Allen a ghlac.
Mautiagh Townland
Looking west towards Conwal North
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/1430455

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Ballyowen, Wexford "...it is far more likely that anglicized Ballyowen in Co. Wexford represents an Irish placename of an early Anglo-Norman coinage (Saint) Johnstown ‘the town(land) of (the church of) Saint John’..." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, The Placenames Branch)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Baile Eoin, Loch Garman "...is é is dóichí ná gur ghaelú é an Baile Eoin seo ar logainm de bhunús Angla-Normannach ó cheart .i. (Saint) Johnstown nó a leithéid, amhail an sampla i gContae Chill Dara..." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, An Brainse Logainmneacha)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Baile Eoin, Loch Garman Ballyowen, Wexford www.logainm.ie/ga/53384 Féach téama faoi thrácht: Eoin, Seán agus tuilleadh meascáin (Cuid I) www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/174 See featured theme: A confusion of Johns (Part I) www.logainm.ie/en/themes/174

('Ballyown' marcáilte ar léarscáil 25" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Explore the theme: "John the Baptist, Saint John’s Eve and the surname Malone (Ó Maoileoin)" "In Ireland, these mid-summer fires appear to have been transferred from the ancient May festival of Bealtaine..." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, The Placenames Branch)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Féach an téama: "Eoin Baiste, Oíche Fhéile Eoin agus an sloinne Ó Maoileoin" "Is cosúil gur aistríodh traidisiún seo na dtinte cnámh go dtí lár an tsamhraidh ó sheanfhéile na Bealtaine..." (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill, An Brainse Logainmneacha)

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Teach Eoin, Ros Comáin Saint John's, Roscommon www.logainm.ie/ga/2112 “the (religious) house of Saint John” Oíche Fhéile Eoin / Oíche Fhéile Sin Seáin, 23 Meitheamh St John’s Eve, 23 June

Íomhá ón mBailiúchán Grianghraf © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD
‘St John’s fireplace’, St John’s Eve, Áth an tSléibhe, Co. Luimnigh, 23 Meitheamh 1960.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Loch an Dobharchú, Sliabh Gartáin, Dún na nGall Lough Nadourcon, Gartan Mountain, Donegal www.logainm.ie/ga/1418844 & Sruthán an Dobharchú, An Seanúllord, BÁC Otterbrook, Oldorchard, Dublin www.sraidainm.ie/en/1379259

'Lough Nadourcon' marcáilte ar léarscáil 6" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann

South Dublin Placenames and Streetnames © Cóipcheart ag Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Scoilt an Mhadaidh Uisce / 'Scoltavaddyiska', Seisíoch, Dún na nGall Oileán an Mhada Uisce / Otter Island, Loch Bó Finne, i Liatroim / Ros Comáin Carraig na Madaí Uisce / 'Carrickmaddyiska', Dubhoileán Mór, Maigh Eo Oileán an Mhadra Uisce / Otter Island, Loch Luíoch, Ciarraí

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Carraig an Mhada Uisce / Otter Rock, Ros Cíde, Gaillimh Oileán an Mhadra Uisce / Otter Island, Loch Eidhneach Loch an Mhadra Uisce / 'Lough Madderiska', Gaillimh Oileán an Mhadaidh Uisce / Saint Helena Island or Otters Island, Dún na nGall Poll an Mhadaidh Uisce / 'Pollawaddyiska', Dún na nGall

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Carraig an Mhada Uisce, Seanadh Gharráin, Gaillimh 'Otter Rock', Seanadh Gharráin, Galway www.logainm.ie/ga/1398689

Íomhá ó Geograph.ie, Kenneth Allen a ghlac.
Otter, Cranny (2)
https://www.geograph.ie/photo/6045865

'Otter Rock' marcáilte ar léarscáil 25" na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis © Tailte Éireann

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"...the name refers not to Romans, but to the name of the city itself. Little is known of its origin, but...a local tradition of it being a holy well was recorded in the Ordnance Survey Name Book" (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, The Placenames Branch) www.logainm.ie/en/themes/169

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“basilica” Baislic / Baslick (logainm.ie #[2056](https://www.logainm.ie/en/2056/))

The official bilingual database of placenames in Ireland.

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logainm.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"...tagraíonn an t-ainm do chathair na Róimhe féin seachas do Rómhánaigh. Is beag eolais atá againn ar a bhunús ach...luaitear mar thobar naofa é sa traidisiúin áitiúil in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis" (Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, An Brainse) www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/169

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“basilica” Baislic / Baslick (logainm.ie #[2056](https://www.logainm.ie/ga/2056/))

Bunachar oifigiúil dátheangach logainmneacha na hÉireann.

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