Words and Proper Names

vs.T. F. O’Rahilly, in Ériu 16 (1952), pp. 7-20. Derives buchet from *bu-kanto-s, inverted from *kanto-bu-s ‘possessing a hundred cows’. Derives bue ‘man of property’, am-bue ‘man without property’ from *bow- ‘cow’ (vs. LEIA B-112).

I. Pre-Scandinavian place-names in Man: Man, Douglas, Rushen, Hentre, Ards (Arddae Huimnonn), Appyn, Nappin, Balthane, Begoade, Bemaccan, Bemahague, Bibaloe, Bollown, etc. II. Pre-Scandinavian place-name elements in Man: slieau (Ir. sliabh), carrick (Ir. carraig, kil- (Mx keeil, Ir. cill), balla- (Mx balley, Ir. baile, magher (Ir. machaire, ScG machair); 3. Pre-Scandinavian place-names without toponymical attestation in Man.

On the anglicization of place names containing Ir. CilI.

Includes a discussion of the office of the kenkynnol (< Ir. cenn ceneóil ‘head of the kindred’) in later medieval Scotland.

Ker. (= ‘Kerry’) as a reference in Dinneen’s dictionaries.

Etym. of Ir. ceithearn.

Etym. of Ir. ceithearn.

1. Old Irish cé; 2. Gaulish duci; 3. Ogham koi and a Gaulish ghost form; 4. Gaulish isoc; 5. Middle Cornish keth.

Edition with translation and commentary of three marginal quatrains (beg. Salcaid aenchap anart lín, Timcheallmait relic maic Dé, Niro aisce aisc it bíu resp.) and salutation in which St. Kevin welcomes St. Ciarán Saigre to his cell (beg. Is mochen a noeb-chlerig to which St Ciarán replies beg. A Choemgin a chloch-adbaig). Texts dated to 10th cent., and ed. from New York, Pierpont Morgan MS M 627. Some palaeoghraphic discussion of hands of MS. Contains 6 plates.

Argues that the Manx Tynwald continues a Celtic rather than a Germanic tradition. Appendix contains a contemporary account of the Tynwald Fair Day of 1691.

Suggests Scots kiaugh, striffen, are Gaelic loan words (< ciach, srebann).

Barony of Bear, Co. Cork.

1. Ard Macha Bréige; 2. Kilcorway; 3. MacArt’s Fort: Ballymacarret.

Repr. from BUPNS 1/3 (Summer, 1953), pp. 54-56; [also repr. as BUPNS 1 (1955), pp. 36-37].

Repr. from BUPNS1/4 (Autumn 1953), p. 83; [also repr. as BUPNS 1 (1955), p. 38].

On the anglicization of place names containing Ir. CilI.

Traces the early history of Killaloe (Cell Da Lua) and Kincora (Ceann Coradh).

Extracts of annalistic entries concerning the dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe, and a list of bishoprics set up at the Synod of Kells in 1152. Ed. with Engl transl. from MS TCD H 2.12/9.

1. Glenravel. 2. Farnaght. 3. Ballyhaukish. 4. Barnagrotty. 5. Castlewarden. 6. Drumacoo. 7. Heapstown. 8. Iffa and Offa. 9. Inch St Laurence. 10. Killeshin. 11. Tirerrill. 12. Toberdan. 13. Tolka. 14. Woodstock. 15. Woodstock. 16. Finnoo. 17. Evegallahoo. 18. Lismakeery. 19. Ballymakeery. 20. Sheen. 21. Shiven. 22. Shimna.

Evidence for St Duinsech in east County Down in the placenames Killinchy, Killinchy in the Woods, and Dunsy Island in Strangford Lough.

The mythological figure Mac Creiche: 1. Kilmacrehy; 2. The folklore of Liscannor; 3. The documentary material; 4. Mac Creiche’s age; 5. Mac Creiche as hermit; 6. Mac Creiche and the sea; 7. Mac Creiche’s contests with monsters; 8. Mac Creiche as ‘man of plunder’; 9. Other miracles of Mac Creiche; 10. Mac Creiche’s tribal and family connections; 11. Mac Creiche’s connections with other saints; 12. The historicity of Mac Creiche; 13. Who was Mac Creiche? Includes an appendix on the Cyclops in Ireland by D. Greene (pp. 120-21).

On the identification of four cult sites associated with Mo Chellóg: Inisvickillane, Ballinrannig, Inis Labrainne (now Inch in the parish of Ballinvoher) and Cell Mo Cheallóg (now Kilmakillogue).

Comments on several place names of Western Scotland and on the Old Irish legal term muirchrech.

Comments on several place names of Western Scotland and on the Old Irish legal term muirchrech.

Includes Notes on places.

ad Félire Óengusso, March 3. Prints and discusses two previously unedited glosses, from Rawl. B 512 and Franciscan A 7; with Engl. transl.

Focuses on placenames mentioned in Bruiden Da Choca and their connection with modern townland names in the vicinity of Bruidhean Da Choga: Kiltober, Carrickaneha, Cloghbreen, Bryanbeg Lower, Bryanbeg Upper, Bryanmore Lower, Bryanmore Upper, Lough Slania, Creevenamanagh.

On the identification of Kilvoro; ad D. Ó Muirithe, in Éigse 24 (1993), pp. 68-70.

On the identification of Kilvoro; ad D. Ó Muirithe, in Éigse 24 (1993), pp. 68-70.

1. Bede and the name Dalriada; 2. Froissart’s Montres and Melrose Abbey; 3. William Worcestre on Stormont and Dercongal; 4. William Worcestre on Lough Hakern, Islay; 5. Cardenden and Kincardine; 6. Abercorn, Lothian; 7. Insula Leverith, the old name of Cramond Island; 8. Coldingham, near Berwick; 9. Penchrise, near Hawick; 10. Aberlosk, near Moffat; 11. Girvan, Ayrshire.

1. Cardenden and Kincardine revisited; 2. The river Teign of Devon and Tain, Ross-shire; 3. Gask and ‘Uggelville’, near Perth; 4. Cadzow, the old name of Hamilton; 5. Cockleroy, near Linlithgow; 6. Prenderguest, Berwickshire; 7. Callendar, The White Land, and Falkirk in Le lai de desiré.

Appendix contains comments on some place-names from the parish of Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty.

Traces the early history of Killaloe (Cell Da Lua) and Kincora (Ceann Coradh).

Part I (Secular): (A) Armagh plain: Macha, Emain Macha, Oenach Macha, Drumconwell, Creeveroe and divisions; Loughnashade, Kings Stables, Ráth Cimbaíth, Tullyworgle, Bull’s Track; (B) South Armagh: Slieve Gullion, Sliab Monduirn, Sliab Fuait, Áth na Foraire, Béal Átha an Airgid, Dorsey, Loch Echtra, Nemed, Callan, Ardachadh, Cloenloch, Forkill, Midluachair, Fiodh Conaille, Fathom, Carnbane, Búrach Ulad. Part II (Lives of St. Patrick): Ind Fherta, Ard Macha, Ard Sailech, Telach na Licce, Tamlachta Bó, Cenngoba, Oenach Macha, Nemed.

< Cinéal Talamhnaigh.

On the anglicization of place names containing Ir. CilI.

Examines the names of the places granted to the church by Queen Margaret and Malcolm III [particularly Pitbauchlie, Pitliver, Pardusin and Kirkcaldy].

Suggests Scots kiaugh, striffen, are Gaelic loan words (< ciach, srebann).

Suggests the site of the royal meeting was Cnoc Buadha (Knockbo in the parish of Rahugh, Co. Westmeath).

Repr. in Coire sois, pp. 155-164.

1. Old Irish cé; 2. Gaulish duci; 3. Ogham koi and a Gaulish ghost form; 4. Gaulish isoc; 5. Middle Cornish keth.

On ScG creacair.

vs. P. Sims-Williams, in BBCS 38 (1991), p. 39.

co ‘to’ < *k^wus(s) ‘as far as’; 3sg. f. and 3pl. forms of prep. oc ‘by’ with voiceless stop modelled on conjugated forms of prep. co ‘to’ and not vice versa (vs. GOI 502).