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Place and tribal names

Google Map of Places in text

(Onom. = Onomasticon Goedelicum)
(FM. = Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, ed. O’Donovan)
(Mm. = O’Curry’s Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History)
(Rc. = Revue Celtique)

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.

*(Airrbe Ro-fhir), a place associated with the story of Cú Chulainn’s death at the pillarstone now known as Cloghafarmore, in Rathiddy townland, barony of Dundalk Upper (Map), Co. Louth (Rc. xiv pp. 46-47) (HDGP i p. 33, s.n. Airbhe Rofhir) (Onom. ‘airrbe ro-fhir’), §11

(Ath mBec), near Tráig Baili (Rc. xiv pp. 46-47) (HDGP i p. 114, s.n. Áth Beag) (Onom. ‘a. mbec’)

*(Dún Scáith = Dún Scathaigh), Dunscaith Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland (Onom. ‘d. scáith’, ‘d. scathaigh’), §1

Ériu, Ireland (Onom. ‘ériu’), §1

(Lecht Aenfhir Aife), at Óinach Airbi Rofir (Rc. xiv pp. 46-47) (Onom. ‘l. aenfhir aife’), §11

Letha, Brittany (Mm. pp. 502-503 (535-536)) (Onom. ‘letha’), §1

(Óinach Airbi Rofir), see Airrbe Ro-fhir; in Co. Louth (Rc. xiv pp. 46-47) (HDGP i p. 61, s.n. Aonach Airbhe Rofhir) (Onom. ‘ó. airbi rofir’), §11

Roim, Rome (Onom. ‘roim’), §12

Trácht Eisi = Traig Eisi,‘the Strand of the Track,’ in Ulaid (Onom. ‘t. eisi’, ‘traig eisi’), §§2, 11

*(Tráig Baili), the strand at Dundalk, Co. Louth (FM. iv pp. 723-724, note r) (Onom. ‘t. baili’), §§2, 11

Ulaid, Ulster, Ulstermen (Onom. ‘ulaid’), §§2, 5, 6, etc.