Davros, Co. Mayo. Maybe from 'Damh-ros', the headland of the ox. Probably not named after the creator of the Daleks. One for the #DoctorWho fans. #speirgorm

Half Umry Balloo, Antrim, Co. Antrim. 'Umry' is from the Irish 'Iomaire' meaning furrow or row, and 'Balloo' is from 'Baile Aodha' meaning Hugh's townland. #speirgorm

Moan Beg, Co. Tipperary. Which is what you used to do as a child when you wanted something and your parents said no. From the Irish 'An Mhóin Bheag', the small bog. #speirgorm

There does be mighty craic in Clownings, Co. Kildare. Probably from the Irish 'Cluainínidhe' meaning little meadows. #speirgorm

Brazil, near St. Margarets, Dublin. 'Uí Bhreasail' in Irish, from the family name Breasil. #speirgorm

Blackrepentance, near Raphoe, Co. Donegal. A mystery as to where the name comes from. #speirgorm

Wormhole, Co. Galway, from the Irish 'Poll na bPéist'. There's another wormhole on Inis Mór in the Aran Islands, that being a natural rock formation. Maybe this one takes you to the far side of the galaxy. #speirgorm

Socks and Sox, Co. Leitrim. From the Irish 'Na soic', meaning the snouts or noses. Pigs or cattle maybe, or baseball fans. #speirgorm

Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan. From the Irish 'Barr an Taoibh Tapaigh' meaning 'top of the tufted mountainside', or in this case specifically the lower part of the top of the tufted mountainside. #speirgorm

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For fans of obsolete 21-pin analogue audio-visual standards and connectors, here's Scart, Co. Limerick. From the Irish 'An Scairt', meaning 'the thicket'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART #speirgorm

Curry Eighter, Co. Galway. From the Irish 'An Chora Íochtair', meaning 'the lower weir'. Curryfree Orange Hall, Co. Derry. Does that mean free curry, or that it's a curry free area? #speirgorm

Fleshtown, Co. Kildare. Possibly from a family name. The alternatives are too sordid to consider. Maybe Millicent knew something. #speirgorm

Teadies Upper, Teadies, and Teadies Lower, County Cork. From the Irish 'na dTéada', meaning the ropes, strings, cords or similar. #speirgorm

Blackskull, Co. Down. The name comes from an old inn called The Black Skull, whose sign unfortunately depicted a beheaded black man. #speirgorm

Bloody Foreland, "Cnoc Fola", near Gweedore, Co. Donegal. Not named after a battle, or shipwrecks, although the North Atlantic off Donegal is peppered with them. It refers to the pink light on the rocks as the sun sets out to the west. #speirgorm

Big Ash and Ash Big, Co. Meath. From the Irish 'Ais Mhór', probably referring to the large mound and defensive motte in the area. #speirgorm

Patrick's gibbering away in Co. Wexford. 'Gibber' probably from a local pronunciation of 'tiobar', meaning 'well'. #speirgorm

There are various Inanes around Ireland, not all of them elected to high office. This one is in Co. Cork, from the Irish 'Eidhneán', an ivy-covered place. #speirgorm

Lilliput, near Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath. Legend has it that Jonathan Swift was boating on the lake and saw people on the shore, inspiring the Lilliputians. Local people then started calling the area 'Lilliput'. #speirgorm

Fannystown and nearby Busherstown, Co. Wexford. STOP LAUGHING AT THE BACK. In Irish 'Baile Faine' and 'Baile an Bhúiséaraigh', probably from family names. #speirgorm

Slavery in Co. Donegal exists to this day. Possibly from the Irish 'Slábhradh' meaning 'chain'. #speirgorm

Some tatty boys in Co. Louth it would appear. Maybe they could get some new cardies in Cardistown. Tattyboys from the Irish 'An Táite Buí'. A táite is a measure of 60 Irish acres, and 'buí' is yellow or golden. So maybe it's a good chunk of land. #speirgorm

Bungosteen, Co. Donegal. Not a cousin of the mangosteen fruit, it's from the Irish 'Bun Góistín', 'bottom of the little ghost'. 'Bottom' in this context meaning the foot of a hill or a mountain, it should be hastily pointed out. #speirgorm

Bustyhill, Co. Dublin, near Rathcoole. That's my burlesque name if I ever need one. Etymology unknown. #speirgorm

Ullard, or Controversyland, Co. Laois. 'Iolard nó Fearann an Chlampair' in Irish. The name stems from an ownership dispute between two landowners in the early 1800s. #speirgorm

Ballocke Mountain, a short distance from Nad, County Cork. The latter is from 'Nead an Iolair' meaning 'nest of the eagle'. The former is probably left well alone. #speirgorm

Moods, Clane, Co. Kildare. Etymology unknown. Also recorded as 'The Bog Of Moods', we've all been there. #speirgorm

Trubley and Tribley, near Bective, Co. Meath. From the old English name Tribly. Or two villages in a 1970s children's series. #speirgorm

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Bawnnagollopy, Co. Cork. From the Irish 'Bán na gColpaidhe', lea-field of the collops, or grazing lands. #speirgorm

Co. Clare. Feakle, from the Irish 'An fhiacail', meaning 'the tooth'. The patron saint of the parish built a church where he lost his tooth. Furnacetown, wasn't that a place in Mad Max? There was a smelter there in the 1700s. Clashmore, 'Clais mór', big ravine. #speirgorm

The Drones, near Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. From the Irish 'na dronna', meaning 'the humps'. In the back and in the front, check it out. #speirgorm

Bootown, a townland in Newtonards, Co. Down. Derivation is anyone's guess, possibly a dialectical equivalent of 'Bolton'. Or a place that Super Mario avoids. #speirgorm

Stoneybatter, a locality in inner Dublin, north of the river Liffey. From the Irish 'Bothar na gCloch', meaning road of the stones, presumably Anglicised to 'stony bothar' and the local accent then did the rest. Features in Time Out's 2019 list of the world's coolest neighbourhoods. #speirgorm

Horseleap, on the Meath\Offaly border. From the Irish 'Baile Átha an Urchair' which may derive from Conchobar mac Nessa being killed there. #speirgorm

Rhode, County Offaly. From the Irish 'Ród' meaning 'road'. Situated on an area of raised ground in the Bog Of Allen, it could be thought of as Rhode island. #speirgorm

Phrompstown, Co. Dublin. In Irish 'Baile an Phrompaigh'. 'Phrompaigh' is the genitive of 'prompach', and that means 'rumpy' so who knows what they did be getting up to around there in the olden times. #speirgorm

Forde De Fyne, on the Dublin\Meath border near Naul. Irish, 'Áth na hÉirice', meaning ford of payment or retribution, so possible a toll ford. Or how your cousin from Limerick might refer to Harrison Ford. #speirgorm

Rockabill islands, off the town of Skerries, County Dublin. From the Irish 'Cloch Dábhiolla', meaning 'Two-bill Rock'. Home to a lighthouse and the largest colony of roseate terns in Europe. And possibly some stray cats. #speirgorm

Two-mile-borris, Co. Tipperary. From the Irish 'Buiríos Léith', probably meaning the borough of the monastery in nearby Leigh. Also the ideal distancing applicable to certain floppy-haired former British Prime Ministers in a pandemic. #speirgorm

In case you ever lose her she's in Co. Roscommon. From the Irish 'greanaidh', meaning gravelly place. #speirgorm

Eastersnow, near Boyle, Co. Roscommon. In Irish, 'Díseart Nuan', Nuane's hermitage. #speirgorm

Ovens, Co. Cork. From the Irish 'Na hUamhanna' meaning 'the caves', referring to the limestone cave system in the area. #speirgorm

Doody's Bottoms, near Donard in Co. Wicklow. In Irish, 'Tóin Uí Dhúda'. Land once belonging to a William Doody, and presumably low-lying. #speirgorm

New Twopothouse, Co. Cork. From an 18th century coaching inn, the 'Two-Pot House Inn'. When the Cork to Limerick road was built a new coaching stop was opened and named 'New Two-Pot-House' to distinguish it from the coaching stop on the older road. #speirgorm

Bweeng, Co. Cork. From the Irish 'Na boinn', 'the coins'. I'm sure it's full of lovely human bweengs. #speirgorm

The Metals, Dalkey, Co. Dublin. Laid out in 1817 and originally a truck railroad upon which horse-drawn trucks brought granite from Dalkey quarry down to Dun Laoghaire for the construction of the piers., it is now used as a walking and cycling path. #speirgorm

Glassamucky Brakes, Dublin mountains. From the Irish 'Glaise na Muice', stream of the pigs. 'Brake' is an old English word for 'bracken'. #speirgorm