GLOSSARY,
Or Explanation of some of those Irish Words which most frequently
occur in composition with the names of places.
| Agh, | a Field. |
| Anagh or Ana, | a River. |
| Ard, | a high Place, or rising Ground. |
| Ath, | a Ford. |
| Awin, | a River. |
| Bally or Ballin, | a Town, or inclosed place of habitation. |
| Ban or Bane, | White, or Fair. |
| Beg, | Little. |
| Ben, | the summit of a Mountain, generally an abrupt head. |
| Bun, | a Bottom, Foundation, or Root. |
| Car or Cahir, | a city. |
| Carrick, Carrig, Carrow, | a Rock or Stony Place. |
| Cork, Corcagh, | a Marsh, or swampy Ground. |
| Clara, | a Plain. |
| Croagh, Croghan, | a sharp pointed Hill resembling a Rick. |
| Clogh, Clough, | a great Stone. |
| Curragh, | a marshy or fenny Plain. |
| Clon, | a Glade, or a level Pasture Ground. |
| Col, Cul, | a Corner. |
| Derry, | a clear dry Spot in the midst of a woody swamp. |
| Don, | a Height or Fastness, a Fortress. |
| Donagh, | a Church. |
| Drom, | a high narrow Ridge of Hills. |
| Inch, Inis, | an Island. |
| Ken, | a Head. |
| Kill, | a Church or Cemetery. |
| Knock, | a single Hill, or a Hillock. |
| Lick, | a flat stone. |
| Lough, | a Lake, or a Pool. |
| Magh, | a Plain. |
| Main, | a Collection of Hillocks. |
| More, | large, great. |
| Rath, | a Mount or Entrenchment, a Barrow. |
| Ross, | a Point of Land projecting into Waters. |
| Shan, | Old. |
| Sliebh, | a range of Mountain, a Hill covered with Heath. |
| Tach, | a House. |
| Temple, | a Church. |
| Tom, Toom, | a Bush. |
| Tra, | a Strand. |
| Tobar, Tubber, | a Well or Spring. |
| Tullagh, | a gentle Hill, a Common. |
| Tully, | a Place subject to Floods. |
TABLE showing the Difference in Value of English and Irish Currency.
| Eng. | Irish | Eng. | Irish | Irish | English | Irish | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ s. d. | s. | s. d. q. | £ | £ s. d. q. | s. | s. d. q. |
| 900 | 975 0 0 | 3 | 3 3 0 | 900 | 830 15 4 2 | 4 | 3 8 1 |
| 800 | 866 13 4 | 4 | 4 4 0 | 800 | 738 9 2 3 | 5 | 4 7 1 |
| 700 | 758 6 8 | 5 | 5 5 0 | 700 | 646 3 0 3 | 6 | 5 6 1 |
| 600 | 650 0 0 | 6 | 6 6 0 | 600 | 553 16 11 0 | 7 | 6 5 2 |
| 500 | 541 13 4 | 7 | 7 7 0 | 500 | 461 10 9 0 | 8 | 7 4 2 |
| 400 | 433 6 8 | 8 | 8 8 0 | 400 | 369 4 7 1 | 9 | 8 3 2 |
| 300 | 325 0 0 | 9 | 9 9 0 | 300 | 276 18 5 2 | 10 | 9 2 3 |
| 200 | 216 13 4 | 10 | 10 10 0 | 200 | 184 12 3 2 | 11 | 10 1 3 |
| 100 | 108 6 8 | 11 | 11 11 0 | 100 | 92 6 1 3 | 12 | 11 0 3 |
| 90 | 97 10 0 | 12 | 13 0 0 | 90 | 83 1 6 1 | 13 | 12 0 0 |
| 80 | 86 13 4 | 13 | 14 1 0 | 80 | 73 16 11 0 | 14 | 12 11 0 |
| 70 | 75 16 8 | 14 | 15 2 0 | 70 | 64 12 3 2 | 15 | 13 10 0 |
| 60 | 65 0 0 | 15 | 16 3 0 | 60 | 55 7 8 1 | 16 | 14 9 0 |
| 50 | 54 3 4 | 16 | 17 4 0 | 50 | 46 3 0 3 | 17 | 15 8 1 |
| 40 | 43 6 8 | 17 | 18 5 0 | 40 | 36 18 5 2 | 18 | 16 7 1 |
| 30 | 32 10 0 | 19 6 0 | 30 | 27 13 10 0 | 19 | 17 6 1 | |
| 20 | 21 13 4 | d. | 20 | 18 9 2 3 | d. | ||
| 10 | 10 16 8 | 1 | 0 1 0 | 10 | 9 4 7 1 | 1 | 0 0 3 |
| 9 | 9 15 0 | 2 | 0 2 0 | 9 | 8 6 1 3 | 2 | 0 1 3 |
| 8 | 8 13 4 | 3 | 0 3 1 | 8 | 7 7 8 1 | 3 | 0 2 3 |
| 7 | 7 11 8 | 4 | 0 4 1 | 7 | 6 9 2 3 | 4 | 0 3 2 |
| 6 | 6 10 0 | 5 | 0 5 1 | 6 | 5 10 9 0 | 5 | 0 4 2 |
| 5 | 5 8 4 | 6 | 0 6 2 | 5 | 4 12 3 2 | 6 | 0 5 2 |
| 4 | 4 6 8 | 7 | 0 7 2 | 4 | 3 13 10 0 | 7 | 0 6 1 |
| 3 | 3 5 0 | 8 | 0 8 2 | 3 | 2 15 4 2 | 8 | 0 7 1 |
| 2 | 2 3 4 | 9 | 0 9 3 | 2 | 1 16 11 0 | 9 | 0 8 1 |
| 1 | 1 1 8 | 10 | 0 10 3 | 1 | 0 18 5 2 | 10 | 0 9 0 |
| Sh. | 11 | 0 11 3 | Sh. | 11 | 0 10 0 | ||
| 19 | 1 0 7 | q. | 1 | 0 0 11 0 | q. | ||
| 1 | 0 1 1 | 1 | 0 6 1 | 2 | 0 1 10 0 | 1 | 0 0 1 |
| 2 | 0 2 2 | 2 | 0 0 2 | 3 | 0 2 0 0 | 2 | 0 0 2 |
| 3 | 0 0 3 | 3 | 0 0 0 |