Clare.—In 1855, in digging for a railway-cutting in the county Clare, gold ornaments were found worth £2,000 as bullion.
Carbuncle.—This word was used to denote any shining stone of a red colour, such as garnet, a production of the country.
Blefed.—The name Crom Chonaill indicates a sickness which produced a yellow colour in the skin.
Sanctuary.—This may appear a severe punishment, but the right of sanctuary was in these ages the great means of protection against lawless force, and its violation was regarded as one of the worst of sacrileges.