Tulaigh na Sióg i nGaillimh Tullynasheoy Galway logainm.ie/ga/1375348 'tulach, tulaigh, tulchán, tulán' = cnocán 'Sióg' = na daoine maithe, den slua sí 'the hillock of the fairies' Ó DHÚCHAS: Ba bhreá í an eascann le béile fataí… tuairisc.ie/o-dhuchas-ba...

Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge DCU i lár an aonaigh ag Tionól Teagaisc 2025 i bPort Laoise inniu

Eas Díleann i nDún na nGall Astelleen Waterfall Donegal logainm.ie/ga/1437696 'eas' = waterfall steall, sruth uisce ag titim le haill 'díle' (gin. díleann) = flood, deluge, torrent (FGB) uisce ar sceith, tuile mhór, 'díle bháistí' 'waterfall of (the) flood, deluge, torrent'

With Oireachtas na Gaeilge taking place in Belfast this week, the Placenames Branch has looked at the topic of the placename Béal Feirste. To find out more about the origins of the name visit https://loom.ly/4lPtS-U

Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham. www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na... @namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social

Béal Feirste in Aontroim Belfast Antrim logainm.ie/ga/118005 'approach of/to (the) tidal ford' 'mouth of the sand-bank ford' Féach an Milisín Míosúil: Béal Feirste / Belfast 'approach of/to (the) tidal ford'; 'poetry-time(!)' logainm.ie/ga/teamai/144 #OnaS25

Poll an Phúca i gCill Mhantáin Pollaphuca Wicklow logainm.ie/ga/113024 'the hole, pool of the pooka' púca = a goblin, sprite ainbheithíoch, taibhse; púca na sméar Téama na seachtaine: Chugat an púca! 'Púca' in placenames, a researcher’s nightmare logainm.ie/en/themes/132

Buaile na mBriogadán Loch Garman Ballynabrigadane Wexford logainm.ie/ga/52568 'the boley of the stubbles' 'buaile na gcoinleach' briogadán = fás nó fréamh sa talamh, coinlín, dealg, colg, sop, gas. Féach téama na seachtaine: logainm.ie/ga/teamai/131

Drisneach i nDún na nGall Dresnagh Donegal logainm.ie/en/16588 'place of brambles' dristear-nach, driseach Dristearnán / Dristernan sa gcontae céanna: logainm.ie/ga/15212 Lear mór nótaí mínithe le fáil i nDún na nGall mar thoradh ar thaighde an Bhrainse Logainmneacha👏

An Milisín Míosúil Fíoruisce bréagach? 'Páirc an Fhionnuisce' logainm.ie/ga/teamai/125 The Monthly Morsel The murky origins of the ‘clear-water’ stream 'Phoenix Park' logainm.ie/en/teamai/125 @president.ie

Sraith an tSeagail i Maigh Eo ​Srahataggle Mayo logainm.ie/en/35429 'the river-meadow, holm of the rye' sraith, srath = talamh íseal cois abhann seagal = cineál arbhair Srath an Fhia #29788 Sraith an Iúir #42001 Cnoc an tSeagail #21888 Poll an tSeagail #5904

This years Ploughing is located at Screggan, but do you know what Screggan means? Come down to find out from our Placenames branch! Visit us at Block 3. Row 16, Stand 313 https://www.logainm.ie/en/

Ar mhaith leat a fháil amach cad is brí le do logainm as Gaeilge? Tabhair cuairt ar an Bhrainse Logainmneacha ag ár n-ollphuball! Bloc 16, Sraith 3, Seastán 313 https://www.logainm.ie/ga/

An Screagán in Uíbh Fhailí Screggan Offaly logainm.ie/en/1166663 ‘the rough, rocky, stony ground’ Féach An Milisín Míosúil 'Ag céachtaíl na gcloch' The Monthly Morsel 'Ploughing between a hard place and a rock' logainm.ie/en/themes/124 #Ploughing2025

Corrán na Cruithneachta Loch Garman logainm.ie/ga/52805 'the round hill of the wheat' Tá bríonna éagsúla le baint as 'corrán' dar ndóigh. Cur síos ar réimse nó ar chruth na talún sa chás seo seans i.e. 'cnoc maol' logainm.ie/ga/teamai/4

Áth na Sméar i dTiobraid Árann Aghsmear Tipperary logainm.ie/ga/46828 áth = ford sméar = (Black)berry 'the ford of the (black)berries' Féach téamaí: 'Sméara, mulláin agus driseacha' 'Blackberries, greenfields, and briars' logainm.ie/en/themes/66

An Bhuaile Bhréagach Loch Garman Ballybregagh Wexford buaile = cattle-fold, boley bréagach = false, deceptive ‘the false (deceptive, treacherous) boley’ 'bréagach' sa chiall 'fealltach, baolach' sa gcás seo seans, féachaint priacal éigin a chur in iúl. logainm.ie/en/teamai/113

Ceapach na nÚll i nGaillimh Cappaghnanool Galway logainm.ie/ga/19972 ceapach, ceapaigh = plot of land, tillage plot úll= apple 'the (tillage-)plot of the apples'

Discover routes into names and name studies with the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland! Our new SNSBI website contains lots of material on place-names and surnames, with name-stories focussing on interesting examples.

Eiréil i Ráth Domhnaigh - Co. Laoise logainm.ie/en/28736/ airél = bed, tomb dil.ie s.v. 'airél' FGB s.v. 'airéal' Cf. logainmneacha cosúil le Ioma/​Emo < 'imdae' logainm.ie/en/1165048 dil.ie (s.v. imdae 2) = “sleeping-place, grave, tomb”

Téama na seachtaine: "Toibreacha agus fíoruisce / Cold water and wells" tiobra, tiobraid, uarán, fuarán, órán logainm.ie/en/themes tiobraid = a fountain, a well, a spring fuarán = a spring, a well, a cold fountain An Fuarán / Coldwells (#25820) 'a spring well or fountain'

An Luachair i gCorca Dhuibhne Lougher Kerry logainm.ie/ga/22667 luachair = rushes, rushy place, sedges 'the rushy place' luachrach / luacharnach = abounding in rushes

Glaise na Muice i mBÁC Glassamucky Dublin logainm.ie/en/17438 'glas / glaise' = a stream, a rivulet 'muc' = pig 'the stream of the pig'

Oileáin Fhataí i nGaillimh Potatoe Islands Galway logainm.ie/ga/20945 'Islands of (the) potatoes' "Is maith na fataí nuair a bhíos an bláth bán orthu, Is fearr iad na fataí nuair a bhíos an cúr bán orthu, Ach is fearr fós iad na fataí nuair a bhíos an bolg lán acu!"

Dreas breá cainte tugtha inné ag an Dr Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, Príomhoifigeach Logainmneacha sa mBrainse Logainmneacha maidir leis an obair a bhíonn ar bun acu agus spléachadh deas tugtha aige ar logainmneacha na hÉireann👏 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Ceann Léime i gCo. an Chláir Loop Head Clare logainm.ie/en/104201 Ceann Léime ‘headland of the chasm’ 'The longer name of the léim ‘chasm’ (literally ‘leap’) in question is Léim Con Culainn ‘the leap of Cú Chulainn’. Féach téamaí fao thrácht: logainm.ie/en/themes

An Fhliuchmhuine i gCill Chainnigh Lughinny Kilkenny logainm.ie/ga/27501 logainm.ie/ga/27687 logainm.ie/ga/27698 'muine' = thicket, brushwood, scrub 'fliuch' = wet 'the wet thicket' 'muineach' = scrubland, scrub nó mar aidiacht = thicketed, covered with scrub

Mín na gCopóg i nDún na nGall Meenagoppoge Donegal logainm.ie/ga/14432 mín = mountain pasture, a plain copóg = dock leaf, a large leaf 'the level ground of the docks' Féach téama faoi thrácht Copóga / Docks logainm.ie/ga/teamai Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé!

Neantanán i gCiarraí Nantinan Kerry logainm.ie/en/23369 'place of nettles' neanntanán = 'a nettle shrubbery; the name of a village near Killorglin, Kerry' - Ó Duinnín Féach téama faoi thrácht: 'Nimh san ainm' 'Townland names with a sting' logainm.ie/ga/teamai

Cnocán an Chait i bPort Láirge Knockaunacuit Waterford 'the hillock of the cat' "The early sagas tell of cats with supernatural powers, but the principal role of the animal in day-to-day life was to protect the grain store from vermin" Féach téamaí: logainm.ie/en/themes

Gleann na Sceach Tiobraid Árann Glennaskagh ​Tipperary logainm.ie/ga/47404 gleann = glen, valley, vale logainm.ie/ga/gluais/89... sceach, sceich, sceith = hawthorn, thorn-bush logainm.ie/ga/gluais/13... 'the glen of the hawthorns, thorn-bushes'

Lá Bealtaine / Mayday logainm.ie/ga/teamai/45 Tamhnaigh Bhealtaine in Ard Mhacha Tamnaghvelton ​Armagh logainm.ie/ga/1417840 'tamhnach' = Grassy upland; arable place in mountain. 'the arable place, grassy upland of May' Féach chomh maith 'http://PlacenamesNI.org'

It's nearly May Day, let's celebrate the Irish way! Do you decorate a May Bush for Good luck? Or light a bonfire & dance? Keeper of the Folklife collections, Clodagh Doyle, discusses the traditions associated with welcoming the summer on May Day #NMIBlog www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Man of War i mBÁC logainm.ie/ga/137195 "..the evidence suggests that Man of War in North County Dublin got its name from a public house of the same name in the location." Is amhlaidh an scéal le 'Blacklion', 'Horse and Jockey', 'Fox and Geese' de réir dealraimh.

Cnoc na Cásca i gCiarraí Knocknacaska Kerry logainm.ie/ga/24263 “the hill of Easter” "Is é is dóichí ná gur thagair a leithéid seo de logainm d’áit a mbeadh an talamh ullamh do na ba a chur ar féarach ann (.i. ar buailteachas) timpeall na Cásca gach bliain...."

Ard Lao i Maigh Eo Ardlee Mayo 'high place of (the) calves' 🐮 logainm.ie/ga/36654 Calving season - logainm.ie/ga/teamai/44 'Ard an Lao/​Ardilea' i gCo. an Dúin 'Buaile na Lao/Ballinalea' i gCill Mhantáin 'Cluain Lao/Clonlea' i gCo. an Chláir 'pasture of (the) calves'

Creamhchoill i gCill Dara Crewhill Kildare www.logainm.ie/ga/25421 coill, coillidh, coillte = 'wood(s)'🌲 creamh nó cneamh = 'wild garlic', 'ramsons'🧄 ‘wild-garlic wood’ Féach Téamaí faoi thrácht: 'Coillte clúdaithe le creamh' 'Carpets of wild garlic' www.logainm.ie/ga/teamai

Seo agaibh post bho @logainm.bsky.social mu chaoraich ann an ainmean-àite na h-Eìreann. Tha caoraich gu leòr againn fhìn ann an (ainmean-àite na h-) Alba cuideachd! 🐑🐏 Faic mar eisimpleir Eilean nan Caorach ~ Sheep Island: www.ainmean-aite.scot?id=35362 #AinmÀite #Placenames #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi

Faill na gCaorach i gCiarraí Foilnageragh Kerry logainm.ie/ga/1394397 'faill' nó 'aill / aillte' = cliff or cliffs 'caora' = sheep, ewe 'the cliff of the sheep (pl.)' 🐑🐏🐑 "An Chaoraíocht" i Loch Garman chomh maith. 'the (place of) shepherding' logainm.ie/en/52155

Faigh a-mach mu phròiseact Coilltean Caillte ann an com-pàirteachas le NàdarAlba agus Coilltearachd agus Fearann Alba! ~ Find out about the Forgotten Woodlands project in partnership with @naturescot.bsky.social and Forestry and Land Scotland! buff.ly/wtJXDou #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #WorldForestDay

Glasdair in Uíbh Fhailí Glaster ​Offaly logainm.ie/ga/41509 'dair' = oak 'glas' = green, grey 'Glasdair' = green oak crann 'darach' / 'daróige' =an oak tree 'dairbheog' = an oak plantation 'dairbhre' = a place of oaks 'darú' = oak-plain

Eanaigh Eirc i Muineachán Annyerk Monaghan logainm.ie/ga/40933 'eanach' = a watery place, a fen, a marsh, a swamp 'earc' = a newt, a lizard 'marshes of (the) lizard, newt' 'earc' nó 'airc' luachra = a newt Tugtar 'alp luachra' nó 'al luachra' chomh maith orthu

Chuir an DRI mé féin agus an Dr Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin faoi agallamh le déanaí faoin obair thábhachtach bhuanchoimeádta seo. Seachtain na Gaeilge faoi mhaise daoibh! @logainm.bsky.social @gaois.bsky.social @fsg-dcu.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

In celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge, we’re spotlighting the Irish language collection – Logainm Sound Recordings – deposited in DRI by Dr Brian Ó Raghallaigh and Dr Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin dri.ie/news/scealta... #Sna25 #ExploreYourArchive @logainm.bsky.social

Mar cheiliúradh ar Sheachtain na Gaeilge, tá béim á cur ar an mbailiúchán Gaeilge – Taifeadtaí Fuaime Logainm – arna dtaisceadh i dTaisclann Dhigiteach na hÉireann ag @oraghalb.bsky.social agus @padraigmaca.bsky.social: dri.ie/news/scealta... #SnaG25 #CuardaighDoChartlann @logainm.bsky.social

Doire Dhreastain i Liatroim Derrygrasten Wood Leitrim logainm.ie/ga/1411392 'doire' = (oak-)wood, grove, thicket 'dreastan / dreas', 'dris' = briar '(oak-)wood of briars' 'dreasach' = abounding in briars 'dreasarnach' = a briary place 'dreasóg' = a little thorn

Caint an-spéisiúil anseo ag John Mc Loughin i nGarraí na Lus, Dé Luain seo chugainn an 10 Márta. 'Trees and Woodland Names in Irish Placenames’ D'eagraigh muid ceardlann ar an ábhar seo anuraidh agus tá neart le rá faoi. www.gaois.ie/ga/blog/cear... @logainm.bsky.social

Gort na Smután i dTiobraid Árann Gortnasmuttaun Tipperary logainm.ie/ga/48490 'gort' nó 'gart' = field 'smután' = a short block or log of wood; a stump 'smut' = a stump; a piece or portion of anything Gort na Smután = 'the field of the (tree)-stumps'

Téama faoi thrácht: 'Leigheas géar goinideach' Featured theme: 'Surgeons, colds, coughs and furze' logainm.ie/ga/teamai 'Carraig an Aitinn' i Luimneach 'Carriganattin' Limerick logainm.ie/ga/31172 'carraig' = rock 'aiteann' = furze, gorse, whin 'the rock of the furze'

How the Irish language has made its mark on our street signs. Bilingual signage is one of the most distinctive things about the streets in Irish towns and villages. Piece by Dr Tom Spalding, Postdoctoral Fellow at DCU, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4i4IZQQ