góilín

góilín m (genitive singular góilín, nominative plural góilíní)

góilín (genitive singular)
góilíní (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
góilín (indefinite singular)
góilíní (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a ghóilín (indefinite singular)
a ghóilíní (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an góilín (definite singular)
na góilíní (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an ghóilín (definite singular)
na ngóilíní (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an ngóilín (definite singular)
don ghóilín (definite singular)
leis na góilíní (definite plural)
góilín
ghóilín
ngóilín

→ Scots: gullion

Dialectal form of gabhailín, from gabhal (“fork”) + -ín.

inlet, creek, gullet (channel for water)


Inis Meáin

Inis Meáin (genitive)
Inis Meáin
nInis Meáin
hInis Meáin

/ˌɪnʲəʃ ˈmʲɑːnʲ/

Inishmaan (an island in the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland)

Inishmeane (an island in County Donegal, Ireland)


Oileáin Mhuir nIocht

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Oileáin Mhuir nIocht m pl (genitive Oiléan Muir nIocht)

Oiléan Muir nIocht (genitive)
Oileáin Mhuir nIocht
nOileáin Mhuir nIocht
hOileáin Mhuir nIocht

Channel Islands (a group of islands in English Channel)


Cúige Uladh

Chúige Uladh (genitive)
Cúige Uladh
Chúige Uladh
gCúige Uladh


Cúige Laighean

Cúige Laighean m (genitive Chúige Laighean)

Chúige Laighean (genitive)
Cúige Laighean
Chúige Laighean
gCúige Laighean


Caiseal

(an) Caiseal m (genitive Caisil or an Chaisil)

Caisil (genitive)
an Chaisil (genitive)
nominative (indefinite)
Caiseal (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a Chaisil (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
Caisil (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an Caiseal (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an Chaisil (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an gCaiseal (definite singular)
don Chaiseal (definite singular)
Caiseal
Chaiseal
gCaiseal

From Old Irish Caisel, from Latin castellum. Proper use of caiseal (“stone fort”).

(without the definite article) Cashel (a town in County Tipperary, Ireland)

(with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Galway, Ireland)

(with the definite article) Cashel (a village in County Mayo, Ireland)


Túr Londan

Túr Londan (genitive)
Túr Londan
Thúr Londan
dTúr Londan


Stát Ilnáisiúnach na Bolaive

Stát Ilnáisiúnach na Bolaive m (genitive Stát Ilnáisiúnach na Bolaive)

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Plurinational State of Bolivia (Official name of Bolivia.)


Cugas

From Middle Irish Cucas, from Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos), probably from Iranian.

Caucasus (a mountain range on the border of Europe and Asia)

Caucasus (a geopolitical region covering Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and parts of Russia)


Féil

an Fhéil (canonical feminine)
na Féile (genitive)

→ English: Feale

Feale (a river in County Limerick and County Kerry)


Mainistir na Féile

Mainistir na Féile f (genitive Mhainistir na Féile)

From mainistir (“abbey”) + an Fhéil (“the River Feale”).

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Abbeyfeale (a market town in County Limerick, Ireland)


Áth Dara

Áth Dara (genitive)
Áth Dara
nÁth Dara
hÁth Dara

→ English: Adare

From áth (“ford”) + dara, genitive of dair (“oak tree”).

Adare (a village in County Limerick, Ireland).


Áth an Choite

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Áth an Choite m (genitive Áth an Choite)

→ English: Annacotty

From áth (“ford”) + an (“[of] the”) + coite (“small boat”).

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Annacotty (a suburban town in County Limerick, Ireland)


Cnoc Loinge

Chnoc Loinge (genitive)
Cnoc Loinge
Chnoc Loinge
gCnoc Loinge

→ English: Knocklong

From cnoc (“hill”) + loinge, luinge, genitive of long (“ship; house”).

Knocklong (a village in County Limerick, Ireland).


Cúil Aodha

Chúil Aodha (genitive)
Cúil Aodha
Chúil Aodha
gCúil Aodha

→ English: Coolea

From cúil (“corner”) + Aodha, genitive of Aodh, an Irish given name.

A townland and village in the Gaeltacht region of Muskerry in County Cork, Ireland (conventionally anglicised as Coolea).


Múscraí

→ English: Muskerry

/mˠuːz̪ˠˈɡɾˠiː/

From Old Irish Múscraige, from Cairpre Músc, son of the 111th High King of Ireland, Conaire Cóem.

Muskerry (a traditional region and Gaeltacht in County Cork, Ireland)


Laoi

→ English: Lee

Unknown. Perhaps an alteration of Luighe, the name of a semi-mythic noble.

Lee (A river in County Cork, flowing from the Shehy Mountains in the west eastwards to Cork Harbour before emptying into the Celtic Sea)


Cloich na Coillte

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Cloich na Coillte f (genitive Chloich na Coillte)

Chloich na Coillte (genitive)
Cloich na Coillte
Chloich na Coillte
gCloich na Coillte

→ English: Clonakilty

From cloch, cloich (“stone [castle]”) + na (“[of] the”) + coillte (“woods”), plural of coill (“wood, forest”).

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Clonakilty (a coastal town in County Cork, Ireland).


Sciobairín

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an Sciobairín m (genitive an Sciobairín)

an Sciobairín (canonical masculine)
an Sciobairín (genitive)

→ English: Skibbereen

Perhaps from a diminutive of scib, from English skiff.

Skibbereen (a town in County Cork, Ireland)


Cóbh

an Cóbh (canonical masculine)
an Chóibh (genitive)
Cóbh
Chóbh
gCóbh

→ English: Cobh

Cobh (a town and seaport in County Cork, Ireland)


Gleann Maghair

Gleann Maghair m (genitive Ghleann Maghair)

Ghleann Maghair (genitive)
Gleann Maghair
Ghleann Maghair
nGleann Maghair

→ English: Glanmire

From gleann (“valley”) + maghair, genitive of maghar (“bait”).

Glanmire (a suburban town within the City of Cork, County Cork, Ireland).


Carraig Uí Leighin

Carraig Uí Leighin f (genitive Charraig Uí Leighin)

→ English: Carrigaline

From carraig (“rock”) + Uí Leighin, genitive of Ó Leighin, an Irish surname often anglicised as Lyne.

Carrigaline (a town south-east of Cork, County Cork, Ireland)


Droichead na Bandan

Droichead na Bandan f (genitive Dhroichead na Bandan)

Dhroichead na Bandan (genitive)
Droichead na Bandan
Dhroichead na Bandan
nDroichead na Bandan

From droichead (“bridge”) + na (“[of] the”) + Bandan (“Bandon”).


Bandan

Bandan (genitive)
Bandan
Bhandan
mBandan

→ English: Bandon

/bˠɑn̪ˠd̪ˠən̪ˠ/

Bandon (a river in County Cork, Ireland)


Cionn tSáile

Chionn tSáile (genitive)
Cionn tSáile
Chionn tSáile
gCionn tSáile

From cionn, dative form of ceann (“head, headland”) and sáile (“brine”).

Kinsale (a port town in County Cork, Ireland)


Faoide

Fhaoide (genitive)
Faoide
Fhaoide
bhFaoide

From Old Irish Fáide, perhaps from Old Norse hvítey (“white island”).

Dúirt sé go raibh Uisce Éireann chun tabhairt faoi “staidéar féidearthachta cuimsitheach” gan mhoill chun réiteach na bhfadhbanna ar thrí Oileán Árainn, ar Inis Bó Finne i nGaillimh agus ar Fhaoide i gCorcaigh a aithint.

2023 June 22, “D’fhéadfadh deich mbliana a bheith ann sula réiteofar fadhbanna uisce Oileáin Árann”, in Tuairisc:

He said that Irish Water would soon undertake a "comprehensive feasibility study" to identify the solution to problems on the three Aran Islands, on Inishbofin in Galway, and on Whiddy Island in Cork.

Whiddy Island (an island in the Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland)


Bá Bheanntraí

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Bá Bheanntraí f (genitive Bhá Bheanntraí)

Bhá Bheanntraí (genitive)
Bá Bheanntraí
Bhá Bheanntraí
mBá Bheanntraí

Bantry Bay (an inlet in County Cork, Ireland)


Beanntraí

Bheanntraí (genitive)
Beanntraí
Bheanntraí
mBeanntraí

→ English: Bantry

from Old Irish Benntraige (“people of Benn”).

Bantry (A town, barony, and civil parish at the head of Bantry Bay in the west of County Cork, Ireland)


míodún

míodún m (genitive singular míodúin, nominative plural míodúin)

míodúin (genitive singular)
míodúin (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
míodún (indefinite singular)
míodúin (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a mhíodúin (indefinite singular)
a mhíodúna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
míodúin (indefinite singular)
míodún (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an míodún (definite singular)
na míodúin (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an mhíodúin (definite singular)
na míodún (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an míodún (definite singular)
don mhíodún (definite singular)
leis na míodúin (definite plural)
míodún
mhíodún

/ˈmʲiːd̪ˠuːnˠ/

/ˈmʲiːd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/

From Scots meedow (“meadow”), from Middle English medwe, from Old English mǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *mādu, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō. The origin of the -n is unclear.


Oileán Mhuirís

Oileán Mhuirís m (genitive Oileán Mhuirís)

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean and the main island in this country)


bearnas

bearnas m (genitive singular bearnais, nominative plural bearnais)

bearnais (genitive singular)
bearnais (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bearnas (indefinite singular)
bearnais (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhearnais (indefinite singular)
a bhearnasa (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
bearnais (indefinite singular)
bearnas (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bearnas (definite singular)
na bearnais (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhearnais (definite singular)
na mbearnas (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbearnas (definite singular)
don bhearnas (definite singular)
leis na bearnais (definite plural)
bearnas
bhearnas
mbearnas

/ˈbʲɑːɾˠn̪ˠəsˠ/

From Middle Irish bernas. By surface analysis, bearna (“gap”) + -as.


Bearna

Bhearna (genitive)
Bearna
Bhearna
mBearna

/ˈbʲɑːɾˠn̪ˠə/

/ˈbʲaːɾˠn̪ˠə/

Barna (a coastal village in Connemara district, County Galway)


Uíbh Ráthach

→ English: Iveragh

Iveragh (A barony and peninsula in the south and west of County Kerry, Ireland)


caológ

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caológ f (genitive singular caolóige, nominative plural caológa)

caolóige (genitive singular)
caológa (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
caológ (indefinite singular)
caológa (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a chaológ (indefinite singular)
a chaológa (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
caolóige (indefinite singular)
caológ (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an chaológ (definite singular)
na caológa (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na caolóige (definite singular)
na gcaológ (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an gcaológ (definite singular)
don chaológ (definite singular)
leis na caológa (definite plural)

From caol (“slender part”) + -óg (diminutive suffix).


Cealla Beaga

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na Cealla Beaga f pl (genitive na gCeall Beag)

na Cealla Beaga (canonical feminine plural)
na gCeall Beag (genitive)

/ˈcal̪ˠə ˈbʲɨ̞ɡə/

Literally, “the little churches” or “(monastic) cells”.

Killybegs (a coastal town in south-west County Donegal, Ireland)