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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)
(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, Co. Louth (Rc. xiv pp. 46-47) (HDGP i p. 33, s.n. Airbhe Rofhir) (Onom. ‘airrbe ro-fhir’), §14: q. XXV1

*Brug Meicc ind Óc, Newgrange monument, a burial mound in the townland of Newgrange, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath (HDGP ii p. 205, s.n. Brugh Mic an Óg) (Onom. ‘b. meicc ind óc’), §4

Cnoc Síde in Broga, a hill in the townland of Newgrange, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath (HDGP v p. 183, s.n. Cnoc Sídhe an Bhrugha) (Onom. ‘c. síde in broga’), §4

*Dún Scáith = Dún Scathaigh, Dunscaith Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland (HDGP i p. 131, s.n. Dún Scathaigh) (Onom. ‘d. scáith’, ‘d. scathaigh’), §14: q. X

*Emain Macha, Navan Fort, Navan Fort, barony of Armagh, Armagh, Co. Armagh (HDGP ix p. 18, s.n. Eamhain (Mhacha)) (Onom. ‘e. macha’), §11

Ériu, Ireland (HDGP ix p. 55, s.n. Éire, (an) (1)) (Onom. ‘ériu’), §§1, 14

Fán in Charpait, at Tara (Teamhair), Co. Meath (Map) (HDGP ix p. 83, s.n. Fán an Charbaid; p. 84, s.n. Fán na gCarbad) (Onom. ‘f. in charpait’), §4

Lochlainn, people of Norway, Sweden, Denmark (Onom. ‘lochlainn’), §14: q. V

Mag Muirthemne = Muirthemne, an ancient plain which extended from Drogheda to Dundalk and Carlingford (FM. i p. 10, note u) (Onom. ‘muirthemne’), §8

*Temair, Tara, Co. Meath (FM. i pp. 30-31, note h) (Onom. ‘temair’), §§1, 2

Tír Scáith, the Isle of Skye (Onom. ‘t. scáith’),  §14: q. X

Tulach in Turchomraic, near Brug Meicc ind Óc, §4

Ulaid, Ulster, Ulstermen (Onom. ‘ulaid’), §§13, 14