Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann, arna fhorbairt ag Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) i bpáirt leis an mBrainse Logainmneacha.
Placenames Database of Ireland, developed by Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge (DCU) and The Placenames Branch.
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The hawthorn in bloom
"An enthralling sight of the Irish countryside in May is the ubiquitous hawthorn in bloom, sometimes called in Irish bláth bán na Bealtaine “the white flower of May”"
(The Placenames Branch)
Cnoc Theach gConaigh / The Gunny Hill i mBÁC.
www.sraidainm.ie/ga/1413757
The Gunny < Teach gConaigh, 'the house of (St.) Conach'
Féach: Logainmneacha agus Sráidainmneacha BhÁC Theas. www.logainm.ie/download/sdc...
See: South Dublin Placenames and Streetnames
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Tobar na Róimhe, Luimneach
Tobernarova, Limerick
www.logainm.ie/ga/1415373
'the well of Rome'
Féach chomh maith an Milisín Míosúil:
“basilica” Baislic / Baslick
See also the Monthly Morsel:
“basilica” Baslick / Baislic
"...tagraíonn an t-ainm do chathair na Róimhe féin seachas do Rómhánaigh. Is beag eolais atá againn ar a bhunús ach...luaitear mar thobar naofa é sa traidisiúin áitiúil in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis"
(Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, An Brainse)
www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai/169
"...the name refers not to Romans, but to the name of the city itself. Little is known of its origin, but...a local tradition of it being a holy well was recorded in the Ordnance Survey Name Book"
(Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich & Justin Ó Gliasáin, The Placenames Branch)
www.logainm.ie/en/themes/169
