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Place and tribal names

(Onom. = Onomasticon Goedelicum)
(FM. = Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, ed. O’Donovan)

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.

*Cell Elgraige, near Kells, perhaps in Calliaghstown townland, barony of Kells Upper (Map), Co. Meath (HDGP iii p. 106, s.n. Ceall Ealghraighe) (Onom. ‘c. elgraige’, ‘c. ealchrudhe’), §1

*Cenannas (na Ríg), ecclesiastical site in the town of Kells, barony of Kells Upper (Map), Co. Meath (FM. i p. 56, note z) (HDGP iv p. 64, s.n. Ceanannas (1)) (Onom. ‘cenannas na ríg’), §1

(Fir Cúl Breg), now the baronies of Kells Upper and Kells Lower (Map), Co. Meath (FM. i p. 297, note p) (Onom. ‘f. cúl’ and ‘f. cúl breg’), §4

*(Imlech mBéccáin = Imlech Fiaich), Emlagh, a townland and parish in the barony of Kells Lower (Map), Co. Meath (FM. i p. 329, note y) (Onom. ‘i. mbéccáin’, ‘i. fiaich’), §4

Ulaid, Ulster (Onom. ‘ulaid’), §3