TOWNLANDS IN COUNTY ANTRIM PLACENAMES IN THE PARISH OF BALLYMONEY

Cahal Dallat:-

Artigoran

Ard tigh Gorain The hill of Goran’s house

Ballaghmore

Bealach mor Great mountain-pass

Ballyboyland

Baile buidhe lann   or
Baile O’Baoghaileain
Townland of the yellow church or
Boylan’s townland

Ballybrakes

Baile breac Speckled townland

Ballycormick

Baile Cormaic Cormac’s townland

Ballygan

Baile gceann

Townland of the heads

*Perhaps a place like Knocknagin (the hill of the heads) in Co. Derry, where the O’Cahans executed their O’Mullan prisoners.

Ballygobbin Baile gCubbin St. Cuthbert’s townland
Ballynamenagh Baile na meadonach The middle townland
Ballymoney Baile muine Townland of the shrubbery or brake
Ballynacree Baile na criche Townland of the boundary
Ballynamoney Baile na muine Townland of the shrubbery
Ballypatrick Baile Padraic St. Patrick’s townland
Ballyrobin Baile robaila Townland of the plundering
Ballywindleland Baile uingle land  Townland of the ounce *

Townlands in Scotland paid an ounce of silver to the Norse overlord. Ounce land was divided into 18 parts called pennylands. Ballyliffin in Donegal is Baile leith phinginn — of the half-pennyland

Bendooragh Bun dorach Foot of the thickets
Bravallen Bruach alainn Beautiful fortified residence
Breckagh Breac ach Speckled field
Cabra Cabrach Rough bad land
Calhame Coll cheim Hazel pass
Carnany Cam eanaigh Cairn of the pass or path
Carneatly Cam Natluaigh Natluaig’s cairn

Claughey

Clochach

Stony place

Colbreen

Cul bruidhne

Corner of the fairy place or corner of the stench

Coldagh

Cul daibhche

Comer of the vat or of the land measure of four acres.

Conagher

Conachaire

Place of the hunting

Craigatempin

Carriag an tiompain

Rock of the hillock

Cross

Crois

Cross, usually a market-cross

Cubbindall

Copan daille

Blindman’s hollow

Culdoo

Cul dubh

Black corner — probably peaty soil

Culramoney

Cul na muine

Comer of the shrubbery

Currysheskin

Currach seiscein

Sedgy marsh

Drukendalt Droichead dolta

The bridge with arches

as distinct from earlier bridges which were made with flat stones and were known as clapper bridges

Drumaheglis

Drum na h-eaglaise

Hill-ridge of the church

Drumahiskey

Drum a h-eisce

Hill ridge of the quagmire

Drumard

Druim ard

High hill-ridge

Drumnamallaght

Druim na mallacht

Hill-ridge of the curse

Drumskea

Druim sceiche

Hill-ridge of the white-thom

Drumreagh

Druim riabhach

Grey hill-ridge

Dunaverney

Dun an fearna

Fort of the alders

Enagh

Aonach

A fair or assembly

Faranlessary

Fearann leath seisreach

District of the half ploughland

Garryduff

Garraidh dubh

Black garry or garden:

a reference no doubt to the peaty soil

Glebe

 

Church land

Glenlough

Gleann an loch

Glen of the lough

Glenstall

Gleann stiall

Glen of the strip of land

Heagles

Eaglais

Church

Inshinagh

Uinseann achadh

Place of ash-trees

Killyrammer

Coille reamhar

Thick wood

Leek

Leac

Flagstone or flat stone

Leitrim

Liath druim

Grey hill-ridge

Lislagan

Lios lagain

Fort of the lakelet

Macfin

Baile magh fionn

Townland of the fair plain

Moneycannon

Muine ceannainne

Shrubbery of the white-faced cow

Moneygobbin

Muine gCubbin

St Cuthbert’s shrubbery

Polintamney

Poll an tamhnaimh

Pool of the grassy field

Roseyards

Ros ard

High wood

Seacon

Suidhe Choin

Con’s seat or residence

Semicock

Suidhe Mocuaic

Seat or residence of St. Mocuag

Stranocum

Srath an abhainn cam

River island or the crooked river

Taghey

Teach Aoidh

Hugh’s house

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