Feis tighe Chonáin

Place and tribal names

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(Onom. = Onomasticon Goedelicum)
(FM. = Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, ed. O’Donovan)
(Fy. = The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, ed. O’Donovan)
(Im. = The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, ed. O’Donovan)
(Tp. = Topographical Poems, ed. O’Donovan)
(Fia. = Annals of Ireland: Three Fragments, ed. O’Donovan)
(Mr. = Battle of Magh Rath, ed. O’Donovan)
(Om. = O’Mulconry’s Glossary, ed. Stokes)
(F. =  Féilire Óengusso, ed. Stokes)
(Fen. = The Book of Fenagh, ed. Hennessy)

In addition to the above online sources, identification of the placenames below is based on the Fascicles of the following publication, where available:

HDGP = Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames (Ó Riain et al.)

The placenames marked with a star (*) below have been identified and appear in the Google Map above; line-numbers are given for each placename to facilitate locating placenames in the Digital Edition of the Medieval Irish text.

*Almu, Allen Hill, in the townland of Carrick, barony of Connell (Map), Co. Kildare (Fia. pp. 32-33 (45-46), note b) (HDGP i p. 55, s.n. Almha) (Onom. ‘almu’), §§5, 6, 13, 27; ll. 248, 250-1, 271, 847, 1607

*Áth Cliath, on the River Liffey, at Dublin, Co. Dublin (FM. i p. 457 note m) (HDGP i p. 119, s.n. Áth Cliath) (Onom. ‘á. cliath’), §§11, 13; ll. 746, 814, 824

Áth Leathan, there were several fords of this name (Joynt, op. cit., p. 97) (Onom. ‘á. leathan’), §30; ll. 1750-1

*Áth Lúain, on the River Shannon, at Athlone, Co. Westmeath (FM. i p. 553, note y) (HDGP i p. 140, s.n. Áth Luain) (Onom. ‘á. luain’), §7; l. 373

Áth Mór, see Áth Luain (HDGP i p. 145, s.n. Áth Mór (4)) (Onom. ‘a. mór’), §7; l. 373

Bealach Iolata, unidentified (HDGP ii p. 110, s.n. Bealach Iolata), §23; l. 1490

*Benn Étair, the Hill of Howth, Co. Dublin (FM. ii p. 681, note i) (HDGP ii p. 120, s.n. Beann Éadair) (Onom. ‘b. étair’), §§7, 14, 15, 16; ll. 386, 868, 871, 872, 910, 1042

*Bóand, the River Boyne (FM. i p. 91, A.M. 5160) (HDGP ii p. 155, s.n. Bóinn (Bóann), an) (Onom. ‘bóand’), §7, l. 427

Breac Bladha, in Luachair Dedad, §§2, 3; ll. 147, 154-5

*Brug na Bóinne = Brug Meicc ind Óc, Newgrange monument, a burial mound in the townland of Newgrange, barony of Slane Upper (Map), Co. Meath (FM. i p. 22, note w) (HDGP ii p. 207, s.n. Brugh (na) Bóinne, p. 205, s.n. Brugh Mic an Óg) (Onom. ‘b. meicc ind óc’,‘brug na bóinne’, ‘b. na bóinne’), §7; l. 427

*Carn Feradaig, Cahernarry (Cripps) and Cahernarry (Keane), parish of Caherarry (Carn Fhearaígh), barony of Clanwilliam (Map), Co. Limerick (HDGP iii p. 71, s.n. Carn Fearadhaigh) (Onom. ‘c. feradaig’), §§9, 20; ll. 475, 638, 641, 1348

Cenn Sléibe, unidentified (HDGP iv p. 84, s.n. Ceann Sléibhe (2)) (Onom. ‘c. sléibe’), §§2, 26; ll. 69, 1586

Cera, the barony of Carra (Map), Co. Mayo (Fy. p. 483) (HDGP iv p. 89, s.n. Ceara (1)) (Onom. ‘cera’), §6, l. 278

Ciarraige Luachra, (Ciarraige Luachra), (Map – Ciarraige Luachra), originally in Luachair / Sliabh Luachra, a mountainous area in South West Co. Limerick and North West Co. Cork, but mainly in East Co. Kerry (HDGP iv p. 145, s.n. Ciarraighe Luachra) (Onom. ‘ciarraige luachra’), §§3, 24; ll. 171, 1536

Cnoc Ruadh, unidentified (HDGP v p. 182, s.n. Cnoc Ruadh (2)) (Onom. ‘c. ruadh’), §6, l. 278

Coir Comhraidh, at Miodhbolg, Co. Fermanagh (HDGP vi p. 22, s.n. Coir Chomhraidh), §24; l. 1536

Connachta, Connaught; the territory west of the River Shannon (HDGP vi p. 48, s.n. Connachta) (Onom. ‘connachta’), §7, l. 376

*Crúachu, (Map – Cruachain), Rathcroghan in the townland of Toberrory, barony of Roscommon (Map), Co. Roscommon (FM. i p. 51, note h) (HDGP vi p. 131, s.n. Cruacha(in) (1) (Onom. ‘crúachu’), §7; l. 376

Cuailnge, the Cooley peninsula, barony of Dundalk Lower (Map), Co. Louth (Ls. i p. 46 (107), note 1) (HDGP vi p. 143, s.n. Cuailnge) (Onom. ‘cuailnge’), §§11, 18, 19; ll. 713, 1161-2, 1174, 1275, 1294, 1306, 1310

*Daire Nouis = Daire Nuis = Daire Mis, perhaps an ecclestical site in the townland of Listarkelt, Listarkelt, barony of Tiranny, Tiranny, Co. Armagh, which gave name to the village of Derrynoose, Derrynoose (Joynt (op. cit.) p. 97) (F. p. 263 (322)) (HDGP vii p. 108, s.n. Doire Núis) (Onom. ‘d. nuis’, ‘d. mis’), §6; l. 279

Doire an tShean-Leóin, unidentified, §30, l. 1758

Doire Dá Thorc, imaginary name, (HDGP vii p. 100, s.n. Doire Dá Thorc), §30; l. 1749

Duibhthireach, a river near Loch Dergertaigh, §28; l. 1677

Dún Brocna, §3; l. 152

Eas Caoineach, near Cenn Sléibe §31; ll. 1773-4

*Es Ruaid, the falls of Assaroe on the River Erne at Ballyshannon, barony of Tirhugh (Map), Co. Donegal (Fy. p. 76 (95), note c)  (Onom. ‘es ruaid’), §§2, 7; ll. 128, 382

Inse Ciúil, ‘Isles of Melody’, §9; l. 634

Litir Néid, §§6, 23; ll. 279, 1513

*Loch Dergertaigh = Loch Dercderc = Dergderc, Lough Derg, on the River Shannon (Im. p. 5 (15), note i) (Onom. ‘l. dercderc’, ‘dergderc’), §§28; ll. 1651, 1663

Loch Doghra, near Sliab Cuilind §19; l. 1258

*Loch Léin, Lough Leane (the Lakes of Killarney), Co. Kerry (FM. v p. 1779, note c) (Onom. ‘l. léin’), §29; l. 1685

Loch Lurgan, near Sliab Bladma, Slieve Bloom Mountains, Co. Offaly / Co. Laois (Joynt, op. cit., p. 63, note on l. 70) (Onom. ‘l. lurgan’),§2; l. 71

Loch Sí Cuilind Cuailgne = Loch Doghra, §19; l. 1311

Luachair Dedad = Luachair, Sliabh Luachra, near Castleisland, barony of Trughanacmy (Map), Co. Kerry (FM. v p. 1720, note a) (Onom. ‘l. dedad’, ‘luachair’), §§3, 5, 7; ll. 158, 252, 399-0

*Luimnech, the River Shannon below the city of Limerick (FM. i p. 272, note b) (Onom. ‘luimnech’), §§7, 9; ll. 371, 475

Magh na Céidi = Magh na Ceti, between Co. Westmeath and Co. Offaly (Joynt, op. cit., p. 97),  §22; l. 1454

Magh Teasca, §2; l. 68

Mide, (Mide) (Map – Mide), Mide is nearly coextensive with the diocese of Meath (Map), which includes the greater part of Co.’s Meath, Westmeath and Offaly (Au. ii p. 133) (Onom. ‘mide’), §12; l. 774

Miodhbolg, in Coir Comhraidh; an old name of the part of barony of Lurg, Lurg (Map), Co. Fermanagh between Breesy Hill and the northern margin of Lower Lough Erne (FM. iv p. 888, note r) (HDGP vi p. 22, s.n. Coir Chomhraidh), (Onom. ‘miodhbolg’, ‘midbolg’), §24; l. 1426

Mullach Rátha, §23; l. 1490

Segais, in the version of the present saga edited by Joynt, Segais is located at Carn Feradaig; one tradition is that the River Boyne springs from Trinity Well (Tipra Segsa) in Síd Nechtain on the Hill of Carbury, a townland and parish in the barony of Carbury (Map), Co. Kildare; another tradition associates Segais with a well (Tipra Segsa) in the Curlew Mountains (Coirrshlíab na Seghsa) which is the source of the River Shannon (Om. p. 273 (285), §844) (FM. i p. 161, note o) (Onom. ‘segais’, ‘t. segsa’, ‘s. nechtain’, ‘coirrshlíab na seghsa’), §20; ll. 1372, 1374

Síd Cuilind Cuailgne, at the summit of Sliab Cuilind, §19; ll. 1261-2

*Síd Fionbhar Mheadha Siúil = Cnoc Meadha Siúil, Knocmaa Hill, barony of Clare (Map), Co. Galway (FM. v p. 1733, note k) (Tp. xliv (258), note 340) (Mr. pp. 252-253, note e) (Onom. ‘c. meadha siúil’, ‘meadh siúil’, ‘meadha-seola’,), §27, l. 1640

*Sliab Cáin, the Ballyhoura Mountains (‘an Sliabh Riabhach’), on the borders of Co. Limerick and Co. Cork (FM. vi p. 2118, note i) (Onom. ‘s. cáin’), §22; l. 1473

*Sliab Cuilind, Slieve Gullion, Slieve Gullion, barony of Orior Upper, Orior Upper (Map), Co. Armagh (FM. i p. 168, note p) (Onom. ‘s. cuilind’), §18; l. 1161, 1174

*Sliab Echtgi, Slieve Aughty mountains, on the borders of Co. Galway and Co. Clare (FM. vi p. 2004, note w) (Onom. ‘s. echtgi’, ‘echtge’), §1; ll. 5-6

Sliabh Iomuis, §24; l. 1543

*Sliab Smóil meic Edlachair = Sliab Bladma, Slieve Bloom Mountains, Co. Offaly / Co. Laois (FM. i p. 461, note g) (Onom. ‘s. s. meic edlachair’, ‘s. bladma’), §3; l. 151

*Sliab Uidhe an Ríg = Sliab Oidhidh an Rígh, Woodcock Hill, barony of Bunratty Lower (Map), Co. Clare (FM. v p. 1600, note r) (Onom. ‘s. uidhe an ríg’, ‘s. oidhidh an rígh’), §7; l. 369

Temair Éarna = Temair Erand (?), probably in Co. Kerry (Joynt, op. cit., p. 98) (Onom. ‘t. erand’) §1; l. 5

*Temair Luachra = TemairLóchrae, near Ballahantouragh (Béal Átha an Teamhrach) in the parish of Dysert, barony of Trughanacmy (Map), Co. Kerry (FM. v p. 1731, note c) (Onom. ‘t. luachra’, ‘t. lóchrae’), §§7, 28; ll. 294, 1654-5, 1667

Tiopra Crithirlinde, ‘the well of tremulous waters’, near Sliab Smóil meic Edlachair, §3; l. 151

Tír Tairrngire, Land of Promise (Onom. ‘t. tairrngire’), §16; l. 1072

*Uisnech, Ushnagh Hill, (Map – Uisneach), barony of Rathconrath (Map), Co. Westmeath (FM. i p. 166, note c) (Onom. ‘uisnech’), §§12, 17; ll. 774, 1089

Ulaid, Ulster, Ulstermen (Onom. ‘ulaid’), §§10, 11, 1175; ll. 687, 711, 1175