| Gaelic | English | Place | Meaning |
| caislean (cashel) | castle,
fort | Cashel Murnham |
fort of Munster | | ceann, ken | headland | Kenmare | head
of teh sea (where it comes to) | | cill (kill) | church | Kildare | church
of the oak | | cloch | stone | Clogheen | little
stone | | clun, cluain (clon) | meadow | Clonturk | boars
meadow | | cnock (knock) | hill | Knockanean | hill
of the birds | | coill (kyle) | wood | Kyleglass | green
wood | | coreach (cork) | marsh | Cork | (the
town was built on a marsh) | | cruagh | (croagh)
rounded hill | Croaghross | wooded hill |
| | | | |
| dair, doire (dar) | oak tree | Kildare | church
of the oak | | daire (drry) | oak
wood/grove | Derrybeg | small oak grove |
| derg, dearg | red | Lough
Derg | red lake | | dubh | black | Dublin | black
pool* | | drom(drum) | small hill,
ridge | Druncondra | Condra's ridge |
| dun (doon) | fortress, palace | Donegal | fort
of the Galls | | | | | |
| ennis (inish) | island, water meadow | Inishowen | island
of the rivers | | | | | |
| fionn | clear, white | Finglas | clear
green | | | | | |
| glas | green | Finglas | clear
green | | glaise | small river | Glasagh | field
of the stream | | gleann | (glen)
valley | Glendalough | valley of the lake |
| gort | tilled field, garden | Gortboy | yellow
tilled field/garden | | | | | |
| lios (lis) | (earthen) fort | Lismore | big
earthen fort | | loch (lough) | lake,
sea inlet | Loughrea | grey lake |
| | | | |
| ma, maigh, moy | plain | Mayo | plain
of the yews | | móna, mone | bog,
turf | Knockmona | hill of the bog |
| mór | big, great | Oranmore | big/great
cold spring | | muc (muck) | pig | Muckross | peninsula
of the pigs | | | | | |
| poul (poll) | hole | Poulaphaca | hole
of the demon | | | | | |
| rath (raw) | ring-fort | Rathdrum | the
fort on the ridge | | rinn | point | Ringville | town
of the point | | rua, ruadh | red | Ruadhri | |
| ros, ross | wood, headland peninsula | Rossnaree | headland
of the king | | | | | |
| sean (shan) | old | Shandangan | old
stronghold | | sidh (e) (shee) | fairy
hill | Ard na Sidhe | hill of the fairies |
| sliabh (slieve) | mountain | Slieveanamon | mountain
of the women | | | | | |
| tober (tubber) | well | Toberaheeny | Friday's
well | | tor | tower | Toormore | big
tower | | trá | beach/strand | Bantry | white
beach | | tuaim (toom) | burial ground | Tuam | burial
ground | | torc (turk) | boar | Inishturk | island
of the bear | | | | | |
| uaran (ooran) | cold spring | Oranmore | big/great
cold spring |
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