Caithréim Cellaig
Place and tribal names
(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)
(Tp. = Topographical Poems, ed. O’Donovan)
(Im. = The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, ed. O’Donovan)
(Lct. = Leabhar na gCeart, ed. O’Donovan)
(Mr. = Battle of Magh Rath, ed. O’Donovan)
(Au. = Annals of Ulster, ed. Hennessy/MacCarthy)
(Lc. = Annals of Loch Cé, ed. Hennesssy)
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.
Aidhne, a territory equivalent to the diocese of Kilmacduagh in the baronies of Kiltartan, Dunkellin and Loughrea, in the South-West corner of Co. Galway (HDGP i p. 27, s.n. Aidhne (1)) (Onom. ‘aidhne’), §§7, 38
Airgialla, Oriel, Oriel, which comprised the counties of Louth, Armagh and Monaghan, and the greater part of Fermanagh (HDGP i p. 46, s.n. Airghialla = Oirghialla) (Onom. ‘airgialla’), §§2, 3, 42
Alba, from the 9th Century, the Gaelic kingdom in Scotland, later the whole of Scotland (HDGP i p. 50, s.n. Alba (1)) (Onom. ‘alba’), §26
*Ard na Ríag, Castle Hill in Ardnaree townland, barony of Tireragh, Co. Mayo (HDGP i p. 96, s.n. Ard na Riagh) (Onom. ‘a. na riag’), §36
Brega, the Eastern part of the central plain, between Midhe and the Irish Sea, mainly in Co. Meath, with parts of Co. Dublin (North of the River Liffey) and Co. Louth (South of the River Dee) (HDGP ii p. 174, s.n. Breagha (1)) (Onom. ‘brega’), §§32, 34
Bregmag = Brega (HDGP ii p. p. 174, s.n. Breaghmhagh = Breagha (1)) (Onom. ‘bregmag’), §33
*Ceis Chorainn, Kesh Corran mountain near the village of Kesh, barony of Corran, Co. Sligo (HDGP iv p. 136, s.n. Ceis Chorainn) (Onom. ‘ceis chorainn’), §42
*Cell Alaid, Killala, a town, townland, parish and diocese in the barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (HDGP iii p. 125, s.n. Ceall Alaidh) (Onom. ‘c. alaid’), §12
*Cell Mór Muaide, ecclesiastical site in Kilmoremoy townland, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (HDGP iv p. 29, s.n. Ceall Mhór Mhuaidhe) (Onom. ‘c. m. muaide’), §13
Cenél Conaill = Tír Conaill, a segment of the Northern Uí Néill whose territory varied in extent over the centuries, normally equivalent to the diocese of Raphoe, i.e. most of Tír Chonaill, Co. Donegal (HDGP iv p. 109, s.n. Ceinéal Conaill) (Onom. ‘cenel conaill’, ‘c. conaill’, ‘t. conaill’), §§2, 42
Cenél n-Eoghain, the dominant segment of the Northern Uí Néill, originally in Inis Eoghain (mainly the baronies of Inishowen East and Inishown West, Co. Donegal, including Ailech), later expanding into other parts of Ulster, especially Tír Eoghain (County Tyrone, County Tyrone), where their coronation site was Tulach Óc (HDGP iv p. 117, s.n. Ceinéal Eoghain) (Onom. ‘c. n-eoghain’, ‘t. eogain’), §2
Cera, the barony of Carra, Co. Mayo (HDGP iv p. 89, s.n. Ceara (1)) (Onom. ‘cera’), §9
Claenloch, a ghost name, recte Loch Con, Co. Mayo (HDGP v p. 63, s.n. Claonloch (4)) (Onom. ‘claenloch’), §14
Clann Fiachrach = Tír Fiachrach, (HDGP v p. 57, s.n. Clann(a) Fhiachrach = Tír Fhiachrach), §§2, 3, 5, etc.
Clann Néill (in Tuaisceirt) = Ui Néill (in Tuaiscirt), descendants of Niall Naoighiallach; the Cenél Conaill and the Cenél n-Eoghain (HDGP v p. 57, s.n. Clanna Néill = Uí Néill) (Onom. (‘c. néill in tuaisceirt’, ‘ui néill in tuaiscirt’), §§2, 3, 4, etc.
Cluain Eó, perhaps near Loch Con, Co. Mayo (HDGP v p. 116, s.n. Cluain Eó (1)) (Onom. ‘c. eo’), §§20, 21
*Cluain maccu Nois, ecclesiastical site and former diocesan see, Clonmacnoise townland, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly (HDGP v p. 133, s.n. Cluain Mac Nóis) (Onom. ‘c. maccu nois’), §§5, 6, 10, etc.
*Codnach, an early name for the Drumcliff River flowing into Sligo Bay at Drumcliff, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo (HDGP vi p. 2, s.n. Codhnach) (Onom. ‘codnach’), §6
Connachta, the territory west of the River Shannon (HDGP vi p. 48, s.n. Connachta) (Onom. ‘connachta’), §§1, 2, 3, etc.
Crích Ólnécmacht = Ólnécmacht, §34
*Crúachu, Rathcroghan in the townland of Toberrory, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon (HDGP vi p. 131, s.n. Cruacha(in) (1) (Onom. ‘crúachu’), §42
*Drobés, the Drowes River which flows from Lough Melvin WNW along the boundary between Co. Leitrim and Co. Donegal into Donegal Bay (HDGP vii p. 131, s.n. Drobhaois) (Onom. ‘drobés’), §42
*Drochat Martra, Belladrihid townland, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo (HDGP vii p. 135, s.n. Droichead Martra) (Onom. ‘d. martra’), §3
Druim mac Dáir, unidentified; perhaps in Co. Mayo (HDGP viii p. 48, s.n. Druim Mac nDáir), §§20, 21
*Dún Fidne = Dún Fine, in or near Ballycastle townland, parish of Doonfeeny, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (HDGP viii p. 103, s.n. Dún Faoine / Fidne; p. 104, s.n. Dún Fíne) (Onom. ‘d. fidne’, ‘d. fine’), §§35, 36
Durlas Guaire, ‘Doongoar Rocks’ on the boundary of the townlands Carrowneden and Kilbride, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (HDGP viii p. 48, s.n. Durlas Guaire), (Onom. ‘durlus muaide’), §§13, 16, 36, etc.
Ériu, Ireland (HDGP ix p. 55, s.n. Éire, (an) (1)) (Onom. ‘ériu’), §§1, 4, 7, etc.
Eiscrecha, West of Turloch (Turlough), barony of Carra, Co. Mayo (HDGP ix p. 64, s.n. Eisgreacha), §28
*Es Ruaid, Assaroe on the River Erne and Assaroe Abbey in Townparks townland near the town of Ballyshannon, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal (HDGP ix p. 38, s.n. Eas Ruaidh) (Onom. ‘es ruaid’), §42
Gleann maccu aran, in Tír Amalngid (Onom. ‘g. maccu aran’), §34
Lecc Turscair, near Ard na Ríag (Onom. ‘l. turscair’), §36
Liss Calláin, near Turlach (Onom. ‘l. calláin’), §27
Loch Claen = Claenloch, §26
*Loch Con, Lough Conn, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (FM. i p. 36, note o) (Onom. ‘l. con’), §§14, 16, 17, etc.
*Loch Cuilinn, Lough Cullin, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (Fy. p. 493) (Onom. ‘l. cuilinn’), §24
*Loch Gile, Lough Gill, near the town of Sligo, Co. Sligo (Fy. p. 493) (Onom. ‘l. gile’), §5
Luigne, the barony of Leyny, Co. Sligo (Fy. p. 493) (Onom. ‘luigne’), §11
Meadhraighe, the Maree peninsula, 5 miles south of the city of Galway; coextensive with the parish of Ballynacourty, barony of Dunkellin, (FM. vi p. 2009, note n, p. 2198, note z) (Onom. ‘meadhraighe’), §30
Mide, Mide is nearly coextensive with the diocese of Meath, which includes the greater part of Co.’s Meath, Westmeath and Offaly (Au. ii p. 133) (Onom. ‘mide’), §§34, 42
*Muad, the River Moy, flowing into Killala Bay, Co. Mayo (Fy. pp. 2-3) (Onom. ‘muad’), §§3, 13, 36, 42
Oilén Etgair, in Claenloch (See §14) or Loch Con (See §17), §14
Oirgialla, see Airgialla
Ólnécmacht, the most ancient name of the province of Connaught (FM. vi p. 1961, note l) (Onom. ‘ólnécmacht’), §34
*Ráith Brenaind, Rathbrenan, in the barony of Ballintober South, Co. Roscommon (FM. vii p. 99) (Onom. ‘r. brenaind’), §42
*Ráith ua Fiachrach = Ráith Rígbairt, near the old church in Killaspugbrone, a townland and parish in the South-West of the barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo (Fy. p. 496) (Onom. ‘r. ua fiachrach’, ‘r. rígbairt’), §5
*Ródba, the Robe River which flows through Ballinrobe, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; the southern boundary of Uí Fiachrach an Tuaiscirt (Fy. p. 143, note x) (Onom. ‘ródba’), §6
Sceithín na Gáithe, near Drochat Martra (Onom. ‘sceithín na gáithe’), §3
Síl Eogain = Cenél n-Eoghain (Onom. ‘síl eogain’), §42
*Sinand, the Shannon River (FM. i p. 355) (Onom. ‘sinand’), §§32, 34
*Slicech, the Garvoge River, which passes through Sligo town (FM. vi p. 1974, note u) (Onom. ‘slicech’), §§4, 5
*Temair, Tara, Co. Meath (FM. i pp. 30-31, note h) (Onom. ‘temair’), §§32, 33
Tír Amalngid = Uí Amalgada, descendants of Amalgaid, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaid Muigmedón; now the barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo (FM. i p. 141, note y) (Onom. ‘t. amalngid’, ‘ui amalgada’), §§17, 34
Tír Fiachrach (Mhuaidhe) = Uí Fiachrach an Tuaiscirt = Uí Fiachrach Muaide, now the barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo (Fy, pp. 2-3 (24-25), note c) (Onom. ‘t. fíachrach mhuaidhe’, ‘úi f. in tuaiscirt’, ‘ui fiachrach muaide’), §38
Tuatha Breg, see Brega, §§32, 34
*Turlach, the townland Turlough in the barony of Carra, Co. Mayo (Fy. p. 499) (Onom. ‘turlach’), §27
Uí Amalgada = Tír Amalngid, §38
Uí Fiachrach = Clann Fiachrach, descendants of Fiachra, son of Eochaid Muigmedón (Fy. pp. 2-3 (25-26)) (Onom. ‘ui fiachrach aidni’, ‘ui fiachrach muaide’, ‘úi fiachrach’, ‘c. fiachrach’), §§5, 6, 42.
Uí Fiachrach Aidne, patrimony of Guaire, the southern Uí Fiachrach (Fy, p. 3 (25), note c) (Onom. ‘ui fiachrach aidni’), §§7, 38
Uí Fiachrach an Tuaiscirt = Tír Fiachrach (Mhuaidhe), §38
Uí Maini, the tribal area of Hy-Many which was centered in eastern Co. Galway and southern Co. Roscommon (Im. p. 4-6 (14-16)) (Onom. ‘ui maini’), §30
Ulaid, Ulster, Ulstermen (Onom. ‘ulaid’), §§2, 3, 4