WTF!? Irish Placenames | Logainmneacha ón nGaeilge [Part 2/3]

✦WORD (Anglicisation) meaning✦
BUN (bun) bottom
CARN (carn/ cairn ) heap of stones
CARRAIG (carrick) a rock
CILL (kil) church
COILL (kil) forest
CLUAIN (clon)
CLUAIN MEALA https://www.logainm.ie/en/67189
CNOC (knock) a hill
DOMHNACH (Donny/ Downey)
DROIM (Drom/ Drum)
DÚN (Dun/ Don) Fort/ palace
FIONN (Finn) fair/ clear/ white (colours are mad yokes)
GLEANN (Glen) glen/ valley
INIS (inish/ ennis) island
LEITIR (letter) hillside
LIOS (lis) ring fort
LOCH (loch) a lake

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