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Altamooskan Altcloghfin Altnagore Anaghilla

Ballygawley

Ballylagan Ballymackelroy

shaw mason interpretation

high watching post

valley of white rocks

height frequented by goats

eagle's hill, or barren hill

town where they played commons or hurling.

town in hollow

town of the redheaded man's son

boggytown

priests' town

pye-bald horse

a weed so-called in Irish

a ribbon or bandeau worn by women on the head

swans' corner

back of the gardens

bushes or underwood

i7th century spelling

Almuskan

Altnamuskin

Alcloghfin

Altcloghfin

Tatealtinagor

Anaghiller

brittonic roots

Anna, genetive of

Ninyan kelly = a grove glyn

Ballegalin

Legan

Mynoghlaghan BallyMcGilleroe

Myn = edge Lagen = swamp

Ballynana

Ballynasaggart

Brackagh

Carran

Ballintmagh

Carren Cavanaslourt

Ninyan's home

braca = thicket or

jungle Cam = a stone-

henge

Cavey

Cleanally Collygeary

Crewe

Clonecoyle Coolegary (1765

Culligary) Mullancrew

Carrew

Llan-Ulaid

Cul ygor = narrow gap

Kerow (pronounced Keroo.) plural of Ker = a Fort

Crossbwee

road intersection where clay yellow

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Cullenbrone

shaw mason interpretation

Circle of mourning

back of the ford lawn of oaks

round hill like "a

pig's back" hazel or holly hill decayed fort a relic

guard of Erin pipe or whistle

i7th century spelling

Clonbrony Cel-lombron

brittonic roots

Clun-bryn = hill pasture (above Blackwater)

Dowr-meyn (stepping-stones)

Culnaha Derrymene

Drumcork

Drumcullion

Dunmoyle

Errigall

Fallaghearn

Feddin

Darrimeene

Derrimen

Dromcorke

Dromquillin

Aregul Argill

Falaherin

Ar-Eglos = Churchland

Argel = a retreat

gunrun = moorland

hearn = iron

Ffawydden = beechgrove

Fenten = a spring-well

Fros-meneth mountain stream

Fornys = a furnace (for sauna, viz. Shaw Mason)

Llan-haul = Church of the Sun

cf. Kill-green

cf. Garth

Grunya = granary Cudha = cover hideout.

Ballintdan

Fernamenagh

Findrum Foremass

navel or centre of a territory

fair hill or ridge very cold

Farrenmenogh

Finowra Furnosowtra & Furnoseightra

Garvaghey Glenchuil

coarse ground or

rough horse woody glen

Clonecoyle

Gort

Grange

Keady

a small glebe provisions black hundred or black head

Grangemoyard Tatekedah

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Kilgreen

shaw mason interpretation

decayed burial-place or cut down wood.

Morganstown

rabbit-hill

half-town

ConnePs fort or bloody coat

Large Fort

Cow's Fort (cf. the "milking hill" nearby)

Yellow legs

I7TH century spelling

brittonic roots

Killymorgan Knockonny

Lettery Lisgonnell

Lismore Lisnawerry

Knockuny

Lattry Lisgonill

Lismore

Kell-y-morgan Kenak-kewny =

Bog-moss Ledry = a slope

Lurganboy

Lergh = a track

Buthyn = meadow

Meles = red-ochre or, ruddle.

Rhaeadr-gwyn White waterfall Rhwyg—divide (Ulaid-Critni border) cf. Diocesan frontier

Millex

mile's end

flat for racing red horse

Meelick

Muliks on 1667 Hamilton stone Lisrarogan

Ruckan Ruchan

Rarogan Roughan

Shantaveney Turnaskea

ancient precinct wood where

skeaghs are

made Bryan's hill

Tullabrian

Tu = region Ulaid

Bryn = hill Gallos = power control

Tullybryan Tullyglush

Green Hill

Tulliglass Tullyglas (Tullygliss on

1719 Harvey

stone)

Kilgreen Dawn

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Tullylinton

Tullynavern (p. 140)

shaw mason interpretation

Linton's or the flax hill

I7TH century spelling

Ballimtin Ballyintine

brittonic roots

So, according to Kelly Groves there were 50 townlands in Kerog. To this we may add for our study 6 others sometimes considered Kerog townlands—Ballinaputtock, Lisbeg, Lisdoart, Lisnabuny, Tullyvar, and Tullywinny. The area now known as Ballynasagart townland is labelled Corballigallie on the 1620 Barony Map. Crossbuoy may have been nothing more than a track intersection in the townland of Feddan in 1620. Kelly Groves spells it Cross-bwee—a more accurate representation of an original gaelic 'buidhe' (yellow) than the latter-day nautical or maritime-sounding 'buoy'.

Tanna Garruc is the 1620 cartographer's name for the area we now call Errigle. Tarn na Garruc would mean Kerog's portion. It is of the highest significance for our later enquiry to note that, as late as the 17th century Kerog's name was still transmitted orally as Garruc.

Conspicuous by their absence from the 1817 list are Bloomhill, Greenhill, Roughhill, Halftown, and Richmond. Clearly, later usage has extended to larger areas names which in 1817 were confined to individual holdings. Bloomhill is really in the townland of Fernamena. Incidentally, Fernamena is apparently the area labelled by the 1620 cartographer with the cryptic Lisne??lart.

Sir John Stewart, moving into the Harvey property of Tully-glush anglicised the name to Greenhill, but on the Map attached to the Shaw Mason Survey only six years later the name Greenhill is associated only with the House and farm within the townland of Tullyglush. Clearly Stewart did not intend the new name to be confined so, since he called his home Ballygawley Park.

Richmond was a development of the name Richmount (apparently Richardson's Mount) which the 33 rd Rector called the new home he built in 1780 in the townland called Churchlands. It is



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shaw mason I8I7 Altamooskan Altcloghfin Altnagore Anaghilla Ballygawley Ballylagan Ballymackelroy	shaw mason interpretation high watching post valley of white rocks height frequented by goats eagle's hill, or barren hill town where they played commons or hurling. town in hollow town of the redheaded man's son boggytown priests' town pye-bald horse a weed so-called in Irish a ribbon or bandeau worn by women on the head swans' corner back of the gardens bushes or underwood		i7th century spelling Almuskan Altnamuskin Alcloghfin Altcloghfin Tatealtinagor Anaghiller	brittonic roots
				Anna, genetive of Ninyan kelly = a grove glyn
			Ballegalin	Anna, genetive of Ninyan kelly = a grove glyn
			Legan Mynoghlaghan BallyMcGilleroe	Myn = edge Lagen = swamp
Ballynana Ballynasaggart Brackagh Carran			Ballintmagh Carren Cavanaslourt	Ninyan's home braca = thicket or jungle Cam = a stone- henge
Cavey			Ballintmagh Carren Cavanaslourt
Cleanally Collygeary Crewe			Clonecoyle Coolegary (1765 Culligary) Mullancrew Carrew	Llan-Ulaid Cul ygor = narrow gap Kerow (pronounced Keroo.) plural of Ker = a Fort

Crossbwee	road intersection where clay yellow



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shaw mason I8I7 Cullenbrone	shaw mason interpretation Circle of mourning back of the ford lawn of oaks round hill like "a pig's back" hazel or holly hill decayed fort a relic guard of Erin pipe or whistle	i7th century spelling Clonbrony Cel-lombron		brittonic roots Clun-bryn = hill pasture (above Blackwater) Dowr-meyn (stepping-stones)
Culnaha Derrymene Drumcork Drumcullion Dunmoyle Errigall Fallaghearn Feddin		Darrimeene Derrimen Dromcorke Dromquillin Aregul Argill Falaherin
				Ar-Eglos = Churchland Argel = a retreat gunrun = moorland hearn = iron Ffawydden = beechgrove Fenten = a spring-well Fros-meneth mountain stream Fornys = a furnace (for sauna, viz. Shaw Mason) Llan-haul = Church of the Sun cf. Kill-green cf. Garth Grunya = granary Cudha = cover hideout.
		Ballintdan
Fernamenagh Findrum Foremass	navel or centre of a territory fair hill or ridge very cold	Farrenmenogh Finowra Furnosowtra & Furnoseightra
Garvaghey Glenchuil	coarse ground or rough horse woody glen	Clonecoyle
Gort Grange Keady	a small glebe provisions black hundred or black head	Grangemoyard Tatekedah



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shaw mason I8I7 Kilgreen	shaw mason interpretation decayed burial-place or cut down wood. Morganstown rabbit-hill half-town ConnePs fort or bloody coat Large Fort Cow's Fort (cf. the "milking hill" nearby) Yellow legs		I7TH century spelling		brittonic roots
Killymorgan Knockonny Lettery Lisgonnell Lismore Lisnawerry			Knockuny Lattry Lisgonill Lismore		Kell-y-morgan Kenak-kewny = Bog-moss Ledry = a slope
Lurganboy			Knockuny Lattry Lisgonill Lismore		Lergh = a track Buthyn = meadow Meles = red-ochre or, ruddle. Rhaeadr-gwyn White waterfall Rhwyg—divide (Ulaid-Critni border) cf. Diocesan frontier
Millex	mile's end flat for racing red horse		Meelick Muliks on 1667 Hamilton stone Lisrarogan Ruckan Ruchan
Rarogan Roughan	mile's end flat for racing red horse

Shantaveney Turnaskea	ancient precinct wood where skeaghs are made Bryan's hill		Tullabrian	Tu = region Ulaid Bryn = hill Gallos = power control
Tullybryan Tullyglush	ancient precinct wood where skeaghs are made Bryan's hill		Tullabrian
Tullybryan Tullyglush	Green Hill		Tulliglass Tullyglas (Tullygliss on 1719 Harvey stone)



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shaw mason I8I7 Tullylinton Tullynavern (p. 140)	shaw mason interpretation Linton's or the flax hill	I7TH century spelling Ballimtin Ballyintine	brittonic roots

So, according to Kelly Groves there were 50 townlands in Kerog. To this we may add for our study 6 others sometimes considered Kerog townlands—Ballinaputtock, Lisbeg, Lisdoart, Lisnabuny, Tullyvar, and Tullywinny. The area now known as Ballynasagart townland is labelled Corballigallie on the 1620 Barony Map. Crossbuoy may have been nothing more than a track intersection in the townland of Feddan in 1620. Kelly Groves spells it Cross-bwee—a more accurate representation of an original gaelic 'buidhe' (yellow) than the latter-day nautical or maritime-sounding 'buoy'. Tanna Garruc is the 1620 cartographer's name for the area we now call Errigle. Tarn na Garruc would mean Kerog's portion. It is of the highest significance for our later enquiry to note that, as late as the 17th century Kerog's name was still transmitted orally as Garruc. Conspicuous by their absence from the 1817 list are Bloomhill, Greenhill, Roughhill, Halftown, and Richmond. Clearly, later usage has extended to larger areas names which in 1817 were confined to individual holdings. Bloomhill is really in the townland of Fernamena. Incidentally, Fernamena is apparently the area labelled by the 1620 cartographer with the cryptic Lisne??lart. Sir John Stewart, moving into the Harvey property of Tully-glush anglicised the name to Greenhill, but on the Map attached to the Shaw Mason Survey only six years later the name Greenhill is associated only with the House and farm within the townland of Tullyglush. Clearly Stewart did not intend the new name to be confined so, since he called his home Ballygawley Park. Richmond was a development of the name Richmount (apparently Richardson's Mount) which the 33 rd Rector called the new home he built in 1780 in the townland called Churchlands. It is