Place Names of County Carlow c1937

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Place Names of County Carlow c.1937

by the late Edward O'Toole of Rathvilly

English Name	Name in Irish	Translation	Civil Parish	Barony	O.S. Sheet	Notes
B
Booldurragh	Buaile Dorcha	Dark Booley or Mountain Dairy	Myshall	Forth	xvi and xvii
Ballyrathornan, or Tomard	Buaile Ratha Carnain or Tuaim Ard	Dairy of the Fort of the Turn or High Mound	Tullowcreen	Idrone West	vi and xi
Boolyvannan	Buaile Mhananain	Mannannan's Booley or Mountain Dairy	Tullowcreen	Idrone West	vi and xi
Borough	An Borach	The Top (best explanation, J. O'D.)	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv and v
Borris	Buirgheis	Burgage Land	Clonygoose	Idrone East	xix and xxii	Land set on old English tenure
Bough	Bot	A Hut, Booth or Tent	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iii and iv	Bronze brooches found here in 1922
Broomville or Clonachona	Cluain a Chonaidh	Lawn or Meadow of the Firewood	Ardoyne	Rathvilly	xiv
Broughillstown	Broughal	A Family Name	Rahill	Rathvilly	iii
Brownbog			Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv
Bunnagurragh	Bun na gCurrach	Bottom of the Moors	Barragh	Forth	xxi
Burgage	Buirgheis	Burgage Land	Wells	Idrone West	xvi
Burton Hall or Browneen and Ballynakill	Baile na Cille	Town of the Church	Urglin	Carlow	ii and iii	On 23/3/1840 John Burton applied to have the old names changed and Burton Hall engraved on the O.S. map instead.
Busherstown			Killerig	Carlow	vii and viii
Butlersgrange			Tullowphelim	Rathvilly	viii and ix
C
Cannonsquarter			Fennagh (Det.)	Rathvilly	viii	Called after the Canons of St. Thomas's Abbey, Dublin
Cappagh	Ceapach	A Plot of Land	Ballon	Forth	xxii
Cappawater	Ceapa Bhaiteir	Walton's Plot (of land)	Myshall	Forth	xvii
Carlow	Ceitearlach	Quadruple Lake	Carlow	Carlow	vii	Ruins of Castle, etc.
Carrarea	Ceathramha Riach	Grey Quarter	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix
Carrickduff	Carraig Dubh	Black Rock	Barragh	Forth	xxi
Carrickslaney	Carraig Slaine	Rock of the Slaney	Aghadeand Ballon	Forth	xiii
Carrig Beg	Carraig Beag	Little Rock	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Carriglead	Carraig Leithead	Broad Rock	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Carrig More	Carraig Mór	Big Rock	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Carrignafecka	Carraic na Feice	Rock of the Fack	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix
Carrigpark	Carraig		Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Cashel	Caisiol	A Stone Fort	Kiltennel	Idrone East	xix and xxii
Castlegrace		Castle Grace	Ahade	Forth	xiii	Castle of Raymond Le Gros
Castlemore	Caislean Mór	Great Castle	Fennagh (Det.)	Forth	xiii	Castle built by De Lacy
Castletown	Baile an Caisleain	Castle Town	Tullowmagimma	Carlow	vii and xii	Castle made into dwellinghouse
Chaplestown			Clonmelsh	Carlow	vii
Clanagh	Cluanach	Meadow Land	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Clashganny	Clais Gainimhe	Sand Pit	Ullard	St. Mullins Lower	xxii and xxiv
Cloghna	Cloch an Atha	Stone of the Ford	Cloydagh	Carlow	vii and xii
Cloghristick	Cloch Risteoig	Richard's (Dick's) Stone, or Stone House	Cloydagh	Carlow	xii
Clogrenan	Cloc grianain	Stone or Stone House of the Sunny Lane	Cloydagh	Carlow	xii	Ruins of Castle
Clomony	Cladh Muine	Ditch or Wall of the Shrubbery	Ballyellin	Idrone East	xix
Clomony	Cladh Muine	Ditch or Wall of the Shrubbery	Clonygoose	St. Mullins Lower	xix	Also Idrone East Barony
Clonacur	Cluain na Cora	Meadow of the Weir or Dam	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Clonbulloge or Ballycallon	Cluain Bolg	Town or Meadow of the Sacks	Fennagh	Idrone East	xiii and xvii
Clonee East and West	Cluain Aodha	Hugh's Meadow or Lawn	Myshall	Forth	xvii
Cloneen	Cluainain	A Small Lawn or Meadow	Nurney and Agha	Idrone East	xii
Clonegan	Cluain Egan	Egan's Meadow or Lawn	Fennagh	Idrone East	xiii and xvii
Clonegall	Cluain na nGall	Lawn of the Foreigners	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xviii
Clonetoose	Cluain Tuas	Upper Lawn or Meadow	Fennagh	Idrone East	xvii
Clongarron alias Clongane	Cluain Garrain or Gearrain	Lawn of the Copse or Garran	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xviii
Clonmacshane	Cluain Mic Seain	McShane's Lawn or Meadow	Templepeter	Forth	xzii and xiii
Clonmelsh	Cluain Milis	Sweet Lawn or Meadow	Clonmelsh	Carlow	xii and xv
Clonmore	Cluain Mór	Great Lawn or Meadow	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xv
Clonmore	Cluain Mór	Great Lawn or Meadow	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix
Clonmullen	Cluain Muillin	Lawn of the Mill	Barragh	Forth	xxi	Eileen Aroon's Castle
Clonogan	Cluain Ogain	Hogan's Lawn	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xviii	Site of old Castle
Cloneygoose	Cluain na gCuas	Lawn of the Caves or of the Ears	Clonygoose	Idrone East	xxii	Holy Well. Ruins of Church
Clorusk Lower and Upper	Clo rusc	Stone or Stone House of the Moor or Marsh	Killinane	Idrone West	xv and xvi
Closh	Clais	A Trench or Furrow	Ballon	Forth	xiii and xvii
Closutton	Clo Sutan	Sutton's Stone or Stone House	Killinane	Idrone West	xv and xvi
Clowater	Cloch Bhaiteir	Walter's Stone or Stone House	Clonygoose	Idrone East	xix
Clowater	Cloch Bhaiteir	Walter's Stone or Stone House	Ballyellin	St. Mullins Lower	xix
Commons			Ballon	Forth	xiii and xvii
Coneykeare	Coiniceir	A Coney Warren or rabbit Warren	Wells	Idrone West	xi and xii
Constable Hill	Baile an Fuinnseóig	Town of the Ash Trees	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv and ix
Coolalaw	Cúl a Lagha	Back of the Hill	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix
Coolasnaghta	Cúl a tSneachta	Back of the Snow	Fennagh	Idrone East	xx
Coole	Cuil	A Corner or Angle	Rathvilly	Rathvilly	iv
Coolmannagh	Cúil Manach	Corner or Angle of the Monks	Haroldstown	Rathvilly	iv and ix
Coolnacuppoge	Cúl na gCupóg	Back of the Hill of the Dock Leaves	Sliguff	Idrone East	xvi and xix
Coolnakeeran	Cúl na gCaorthan	Back of the Rowan Tres	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Coolnakisha	Cúl na Cise	Back of the Kesh or Wicker Bridge	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi and xii
Coolnamara	Cúl na Mara	Back of the Sea	Ullard	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Coolnapish	Cúl na Pise	Corner or Angle of the Peas	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xvi
Coolnasheegan	Cúl na Siogan	Corner of Crows (Frequented by Birds)	Myshall	Forth	xvii
Coolroe	Cúl Ruadh	Red Back (of a Hill)	Moyacomb	St. Mullins Upper	xiv and xvii
Coolyhune	Cúil Uí Chuain	O'Quan's Corner or Angle	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv
Coonogue	Cunóg	A Nook or Corner	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xxiii
Coppenagh	Copenach	Abounding in Dock Leaves	Tullowphelim	Rathvilly	viii
Corries or Corriemore	Corraidhe	Weirs or Dams	Lorum	Idrone East	xix
Cournellan	Cobhar Niallain	Neylan's Hollow	Ullard	St. Mullins Lower	xxii and xxiv	It is not Courtnellan (J. O'D.)
Craan	Carrán	Rocky Ground	Barragh	Forth	xvii and xxiii
Craanaha	Craan Átha	Rocky Land of the Ford	Fennagh	Idrone East	xvii
Craanlusky	Craan Loisc	Rocky Land of the Cane	Tullowcreen	Idrone West	vi, xi and xii
Craanpursheen	Crán or Carran a Puirrsín	Rocky Land of the Spearmint	Ballon	Forth	xiii and xvii
Craans	Carrán	Rocky Ground	Ardoyne	Rathvilly	xiii and xiv
Cranavonane	Crana Bhunnan	Rocky Land at the Mountain Foot	Tullowcreen	Idrone West	xi anc xii
Cranemore	Carrán Mór	Great Carran or Rocky Ground	Barragh	Forth	xvii and xxii
Crannagh	Cranach	Arborous or Woody	Kiltennell	Idrone East	xxiii
Crecrin	Creicrin	Rocky Ground	Crecrin	Rathvilly	ix
Croanruss	Crón Ros	Brown Wood	Myshall	Forth	xvii and xx
Croanliegh	Cróna Liath	Grey Hollow	Barragh	Forth	xvii
Croneskagh (Lower and Upper)	Crón Sgeath	Hollow of the Briars or Brambles	Clonmore	Rathvilly	iv, ix and x
Crowsgrove			Barragh	Forth	xviii
Cunaberry	Conadh Bearaigh	Berry or Bearach's Firewood or Faggot Land	Ballon	Forth	xiii
Curragh	Currach	A Moor	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv
Curraghcruit	Currach a Chruit	Moor of the Hump or Tummock	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xix	St. Andrew's Well
Currane	Corrán	A Reaping Hook	Clonygoose	Idrone East	xix
Currenree or Corrybeg	Corr an Ríogh	The King's Weir	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix
D
Davisshill		Davy's Hill	Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix	Sub-denomination of Clonmore Castle Lands
Deerpark, new and old			Barragh	Forth	xx and xxi
Demesne			Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Donore	Dun Uabhair	Fort of Pride	Lorum and Sliguff	Idrone East	xvi and xix	St. Molaise's Well
Downings	Duinidhe	Little Dunes or Earthen Forts	Tullowphelim	Rathvilly	iii and viii
Dranagh	Dreanach	Abounding in Brambles	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxiv and xxvi
Drisoge	Driseog	A Bramble	Ballon	Forth	xiii	Made in Drishoge in the Irish Counties J. O'D.)
Drumfea	Druim Feidh	Ridge of the Wood	Fennagh	Idrone East	xix and xx
Drumguin	Druim Guin	Ridge of the Wounding	Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv
Drummin	Dromain	A Ridge or Long Hill	St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxvi
Drummin	Dromain	A Ridge or Long Hill		Forth	xiii
Duffery	Duibhtir	Black District	Haroldstown	Rathvilly	iv and ix
Dunleckney	Duin Leicne	Fort of the Hill side	Dunleckney	Idrone East	xix	Father Pender's Well. Church Ruins
Dunroe	Dun Ruadh	Red Dun or Fort	Sliguff	Idrone East	xix
E
Eaglehill			Hacketstown	Rathvilly	iv, v, ix and x
Emlicon	Imleacain	Meditallium, i.e., Naval or Centre	Kellistown	Carlow	xiii
F
Farranacurragh	Fearain na Corra	Land of the Weir	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi
Farranafreney	Fearain na bFraineach	Land of the Freney's	Killinane	Idrone West	xi
Farranaphlure	Fearan na Phlur	Land of the Flour	Grangeforth	Carlow	viii
Feamore	Feidh Mór	Great Wood	Old Leighlin	Idrone West	xi and xv
Fennagh	Fiónach	Fair Field	Fennagh	Idrone East	xvi and xvii
Fenniscourt		Fennor, a Family Name	Wells	Idrone East	xv, xvi and xix
Fonthill			Cloydagh	Idrone West	vii and xii
Friarstown	Baile na mBráthar	Town of the Friars	Killerig	Carlow	iii and viii	Ruins of Castle, etc.
G
Garreenleen	Garraidh an Lín	Garden of the Flax	Gilbertstown	Forth	xiii
Garretstown			Rahill	Rathvilly	I and iii
Garryhill	Garbh Coill	Rough Wood	Myshall	Forth	xvi, xvii, xix and xx	Castle of the MacMurrough's
Garryhundon	Gardha Hundon	Hundon's Garden	Clonmelsh	Carlow	xii
Gilbertstown	Baile Gilbert	Town of Gilbert (FitzGriffin?)	Gilbertstown	Forth	xiii	Castle formerly here
Glannaharry	Gleann a Caraidh	Glen of the Weir	Sliguff	Idrone East	xvi and xix
Glebe			Barragh	Forth	xxi
Glebe			Fennagh	Idrone East	xii, xiii and xvi
Glebe			Tullowcreen	Idrone West	xii
Glebe			Clonmore	Rathvilly	ix
Glebe			St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower	xxvi (2, 3, 6)
Glebe			St. Mullins	St. Mullins Lower (Detached portion)	xxvi (2)

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Transcribed by J.J. Woods c2008